The website of the PBS documentary film Freedom Riders. You can watch the film for free, and view reference articles, a timeline of events, and a full roster of all the Freedom Riders.

A collection of (mostly) primary sources from the Civil Rights era. The "People" page lets you search for sources related to particular people involved in the Civil Rights movement.

Google News is a search engine for newspaper articles. It includes an archive of thousands of historical newspaper issues, many of which are available in free full text.

A collection of documents that originally belonged to James and Lula Farmer, now at the Briscoe Center for American History, at the University of Texas at Austin. Note that this webpage is just a guide to the items in the Farmer collection; the items themselves are not available online.

The transcript of a 1985 interview with James Farmer, recorded for the PBS documentary Eyes on the Prize. Includes material that was cut from the documentary. Provided by the Washington University Digital Gateway.

The Kennedy Library provides this electronic collection of letters and telegrams between Farmer and President Kennedy.

The Congress of Racial Equality’s official biography of James Farmer.

National Public Radio has produced dozens of news stories about James Farmer and the Freedom Rides.

Transcripts of two James Farmer interviews, one conducted in 1969 and one in 1971, from the Oral History Collection of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum.

The transcript of a 1981 interview with James Farmer, provided by the University of North Carolina at Greensboro Libraries. The interviewer’s questions focus on North Carolina, but Farmer also discusses the philosophy of nonviolent resistance, his role in CORE, and how CORE has evolved under its current leadership.