James Farmer & the Great Debaters

Opening Research Questions

Posted in Questions on Aug 28th, 2007 No Comments »

Wow! What a great class today. As I said this morning, I am so excited about the possibilities that lay before us that I’m losing sleep!
So here are questions which we began with today that identify some of the major issues we will want to address as we move through our collective project:

What [...]

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Speech at the Convention of the National Association of Community Action Agencies (September 8, 1989)

Posted in Speeches on Aug 11th, 2007 Click on title to comment

Speech at the Convention of the National Association of Community Action Agencies,
Washington, DC – September 8, 1989

James Farmer
Source: Dr. James L. Farmer Collection, University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg VA
Thank you for very much Mr. Chairman and Hyman Bookbinder. It is not the first time I have leaned on Hyman Bookbinder with pleasure and with [...]

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Timothy M. O’Donnell

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Timothy M. O’Donnell is the Director of Debate and Associate Professor of Speech at the University of Mary Washington. A native of Pittsburgh, PA, “Tim” recieved his BA in philosophy and MA in communication from Wake Forest University and his PhD from the University of Pittsburgh. He has been at the University of [...]

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Quote: Joining the Debate Team

Posted in Lay Bear The Heart on Aug 10th, 2007 1 Comment »

One morning in the midsemester of my first year, Tolson asked me to remain after class. “Farmer,” he said, after the others had left the room, “you’re doing good work. Infact, you’re doing A work, but if you don’t do better, I’m going to flunk you.” As I reeled from the incongruity [...]

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