photo of Lula Farmer with husband James Farmer, CORE founder and national director
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Title
photo of Lula Farmer with husband James Farmer, CORE founder and national director
Description
This is a 1965 photo of Lula Farmer (center) with her husband James Farmer, founding member of CORE and its national director at the time. Their daughter, Abbey, is seated to the left. The second photo includes their other daughter, Tami (black dress).
Like James, when Lula first came to New York she lived in the Harlem Ashram (he had already moved out). Both were members of New York CORE before 1961. She was also chapter chairman in 1953.
Along with James Robinson and James Peck, she is widely credited with saving CORE from extinction during the 1950's. A Phi Beta Kappa key in Economics, she handled accounting for CORE and became for a time national treasurer.
Like James, when Lula first came to New York she lived in the Harlem Ashram (he had already moved out). Both were members of New York CORE before 1961. She was also chapter chairman in 1953.
Along with James Robinson and James Peck, she is widely credited with saving CORE from extinction during the 1950's. A Phi Beta Kappa key in Economics, she handled accounting for CORE and became for a time national treasurer.
Source
first photo - Ebony Oct. 1965
second photo - Farmer (James Leonard, Jr. and Lula Peterson) Papers
second photo - Farmer (James Leonard, Jr. and Lula Peterson) Papers
Publisher
first photo - Ebony
second photo - The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin
second photo - The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin
Date
first photo - 1965
Coverage
new york city, 1965
Citation
“photo of Lula Farmer with husband James Farmer, CORE founder and national director,” corenyc.org, accessed May 18, 2024, http://www.corenyc.org/omeka/items/show/148.