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Farmer, James (1920–1999) – Encyclopedia Virginia


Early Years
Farmer was born on January 12, 1920, in Marshall, Texas, and was the son of James Leonard Farmer, a Methodist minister and professor at Wiley College there, and Pearl Marion Houston Farmer, who had taught school before marrying. His father’s career required the family to move frequently, and he grew up in Holly Springs, Mississippi; Austin, Texas; and Atlanta, Georgia, before returning to Marshall and entering Wiley College at age fourteen. Under the mentorship of Melvin Tolson, a professor of English, he excelled in the college’s debate team. Farmer graduated in 1938 with a bachelor of science in chemistry and earned a bachelor of divinity at Howard University School of Theology in 1941. There he studied under the legendary mystic Howard Thurman, who introduced him to the life and work of Gandhi. ....

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