James L. Farmer, Jr. Quotes

United States, Activist
January 12, 1920 – July, 9, 1999.

James Leonard Farmer Jr. (January 12, 1920 – July 9, 1999) was a civil rights activist and leader in the Civil Rights Movement "who pushed for nonviolent protest to dismantle segregation, and served alongside Martin Luther King Jr." He was the initiator and organizer of the 1961 Freedom Ride, which eventually led to the desegregation of interstate transportation in the United States.

We, who are the living, possess the past. Tomorrow is for our martyrs.

James L. Farmer, Jr.
- Past
Inner city education must change. Our responsibility is not merely to provide access to knowledge; we must produce educated people.

James L. Farmer, Jr.

Evil societies always kill their consciences.

James L. Farmer, Jr.
- Evil
Anyone who said he wasn't afraid during the civil rights movement was either a liar or without imagination. I was scared all the time. My hands didn't shake but inside I was shaking.

James L. Farmer, Jr.
- Time
- Imagination
- Liar