Show notes
In this lecture, James Farmer explains the beginning of the nonviolence movement to end segregation in the United States. He explains his study of Thoreau, but more importantly Gandhi and Shridharani, whom Farmer read voraciously. Farmer also tells the story of his first sit-ins with his racially mixed non-violent group, Congress of Racial Equality (CORE).
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