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In the 1980s, Farmer moved to Spotsylvania County and served as a history professor at Mary Washington College from 1985 until 1998, one year before he died in 1999.<\/p>\n<p>For more detail about Dr. Farmer\u2019s outstanding life and legacy visit the James Farmer Multicultural Center&#8217;s page, <a href=\"https:\/\/students.umw.edu\/multicultural\/aboutjamesfarmer\/\">About James Farmer<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Interactive Timeline<\/h2>\n<p>View a <a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.knightlab.com\/libs\/timeline3\/latest\/embed\/index.html?source=1L8Auo5Y1ggccb_OsGRjB1Afr_BtM5qMi_YM6I04kg5Q&amp;font=Default&amp;lang=en&amp;initial_zoom=2&amp;height=650\">timeline<\/a> highlighting the events of Dr. Farmer&#8217;s life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>James Farmer was born in 1920 in Marshall, Texas, into a family of educators. As a boy, he \u201cswelled with rebellion\u201d when he personally witnessed the injustices of Jim Crow, igniting his lifelong civil rights activism. 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