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The historical religion programs in this collection came from the archives, library shelves, and back rooms of many organizations. Faith groups represented include African Methodist Episcopal, Baptist, Episcopal, Lutheran, Mennonite, Methodist, Presbyterian, Quaker, Roman Catholic, Salvation Army, United Church of Christ, United Methodist, and others. The majority, 1,031 recordings, are from United Methodist national agencies, annual conferences, seminaries, and other sources.
This SoundTheology online archive is an independent service of Audio-Rescue.com, provided in conjunction with the United Methodist General Commission on Archives and History (GCAH). Many of these programs would have been lost forever if not saved in this project. The originating institutions have made the recordings available for public access to further private study, scholarship, and research. They retain the rights to the recordings.
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Can the Blacks Get Organized?
Speaker(s): James Farmer, Del Shields (host)
Description: (Note: This program began in the midst of technical difficulties in the studio.) James Leonard Farmer, Jr. (1920-1999) was a civil rights activist and leader in the Civil Rights Movement. In 1942, Farmer co-founded the Committee of Racial Equality in Chicago with George Houser and Bernice Fisher. It was later called the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) and was dedicated to ending racial segregation in the United States through nonviolence. Farmer was the initiator and organizer of the 1961 Freedom Ride, which eventually led to the desegregation of inter-state transportation in the United States. By the 1960s, he was known as one of the big four civil rights leaders in the 1960s, together with Martin Luther King, NAACP chief Roy Wilkins, and Urban League head Whitney Young. At the time of this interview, there were more than 1,000 organizations in the U.S. working for racial equality. Farmer wanted better cooperation among groups to work for economic and political power in order to effect social change. He said the Urban League was a very large organization involved in racial equality because it was tax-exempt and was part of the establishment. Farmer wanted to create businesses in which Black citizens could purchase ownership, giving many more people economic stability and power. He also wanted Black children to receive the highest-quality education, whether they attended a Negro school, a White school, or a desegregated school. Farmer says White people are privileged and Black social movements make them nervous, lest they lose their privileges ... he says some Whites feel guilt and fear over this reality.Length: 56:16
Recording Date: November 27, 1968
Recorded at: WRVR Radio Studio, New York City