James Farmer (Office of Economic Opportunity)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/James_Farmer_(Office_of_Economic_Opportunity)
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gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Howard_University
gptkb:Wiley_College
gptkbp:appointedBy gptkb:President_Richard_Nixon
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Presidential_Medal_of_Freedom
gptkbp:dateOfBirth January 12, 1920
gptkbp:dateOfDeath July 9, 1999
gptkbp:ethnicity gptkb:African-American
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:James_Leonard_Farmer_Jr.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label James Farmer (Office of Economic Opportunity)
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Freedom_Rides
gptkbp:notableFor co-founding the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)
gptkbp:notableWork Lay Bare the Heart (autobiography)
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:activist
gptkb:educator
politician
gptkbp:parent gptkb:James_L._Farmer_Sr.
gptkb:Pearl_Houston_Farmer
gptkbp:placeOfBirth gptkb:Marshall,_Texas,_United_States
gptkbp:placeOfDeath gptkb:Fredericksburg,_Virginia,_United_States
gptkbp:positionHeld Director of the Office of Economic Opportunity
Assistant Secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Methodist
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Wanda_Farmer
gptkbp:termEnd 1970
gptkbp:termStart 1969
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Lyndon_B._Johnson_presidency
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7