Oral history transcript, James Farmer, interview 1 (I), 10/1969, by T.H. Baker

Title:

Oral history transcript, James Farmer, interview 1 (I), 10/1969, by T.H. Baker

Number of Pages:

16

Description:

Biographical information; first meeting with LBJ; image of LBJ; opposition to LBJ as Vice President nominee; 1957 Civil Rights Act; NAACP; CORE; differences with in the civil rights movement; Bayard Rustin; Montgomery bus boycott; Freedom Rides; LBJ as chairman of Commission on Equal Employment Opportunity; Hobart Taylor; "The Johnson Treatment;" March on Washington; jailing in Plaquemine, LA; FREEDOM WHEN? By Farmer; realization of importance of public accommodations by LBJ; loss of jobs in Texas by blacks to illegal immigrants from Mexico

Contributor:

Farmer, James S.

Collection:

LBJ Library Oral Histories

Collection Description:

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Series:

Transcripts of LBJ Library Oral Histories

See Also:

See all online interviews with James Farmer

Relation:

Go to Interviewee bio page

Rights:

Possibly copyright restricted: see deed at end of transcript for details