I was in the nonviolent army of Jim Farmer... James fought the brutality of racism through nonviolent means, making him one of the Nation's most recognizable and influential black leaders in the 1960's. In 1942, Jim Farmer and several Christian pacifists founded the Congress of Racial Equality with the goal of using nonviolent Gandhian tactics to challenge American racism.
Paying tribute to civil rights leader James Farmer during a speech.
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