James L. Farmer Sr.
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James Leonard Farmer Sr., known as J. Leonard Farmer, was an American author, theologian, and educator. He was a minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church, South and an academic in early religious hi
Historical marker dedicated to James L. Farmer Sr. at Wiley College in Marshall, Texas
The Great Debaters
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The Great Debaters is a 2007 American historical drama film directed by Denzel Washington from a screenplay by Robert Eisele and based on a 1997 article for American Legacy by Tony Scherman. The film
James L. Farmer Sr.
…co-founder of the Congress for Racial Equality and helped organize the Freedom Rides of 1961. Aspects of Farmer Sr.'s life are chronicled in the film The Great Debaters (2007), in which the minister is played by Forest Whitaker. "James L. Farmer" page, Center for East Texas Studies…
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