James Leonard Farmer Jr. (January 12, 1920 – July 9, 1999) was an American 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 first Freedom Ride in 1961, which eventually led to the desegregation of interstate transportation in the United States.
| DESCRIPTION | NAME OF SITE | CITY | STATE |
| BIRTHPLACE | FARMHOUSE | MARSHALL | TEXAS |
| ALMA MATER | MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL | MARSHALL | TEXAS |
| ALMA MATER | WILEY COLLEGE | MARSHALL | TEXAS |
| THEOLOGY | BOSTON UNIVERSITY | BOSTON | MASSACHUETTS |
| WENT TO | HOWARD UNIVERSITY | WASHINGTON DC | WASHINGTON DC |
| DEATHPLACE | UNIVERSITY OF MARY WASHINGTON | FREDRICKSBURG | VIRGINIA |
| BURIAL PLACE | UNKNOWN | UNKOWN | UNKOWN |
