{"id":153734,"date":"2019-12-10T12:10:40","date_gmt":"2019-12-10T17:10:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/?p=153734"},"modified":"2019-12-12T13:13:20","modified_gmt":"2019-12-12T18:13:20","slug":"james-farmer-multicultural-center-turns-30-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/2019\/12\/10\/james-farmer-multicultural-center-turns-30-2\/","title":{"rendered":"James Farmer Multicultural Center Turns 30"},"content":{"rendered":"<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><div id=\"attachment_3914\" style=\"width: 228px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3914\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3914\" src=\"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/02\/farmerportrait_25041-218x300.jpg\" alt=\"In 2020, UMW will celebrate the centennial birthday of the late civil rights pioneer and Mary Washington history professor Dr. James L. Farmer Jr. &ndash; who died in 1999 &ndash; as well as the 30th anniversary of the James Farmer Multicultural Center. Photo by Lou Cordero.\" width=\"218\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/02\/farmerportrait_25041-218x300.jpg 218w, https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/02\/farmerportrait_25041.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 218px) 100vw, 218px\"><p id=\"caption-attachment-3914\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">In 2020, UMW will celebrate the centennial birthday of the late civil rights pioneer and Mary Washington history professor Dr. James L. Farmer Jr. &ndash; who died in 1999 &ndash; as well as the 30th anniversary of the James Farmer Multicultural Center. Photo by Lou Cordero.<\/p><\/div><p>Junior Courtney Flowers was writing a high school paper when she stumbled upon a name she didn&rsquo;t recognize.<\/p><p>&ldquo;It was James Farmer,&rdquo; said the Los Angeles native, who spent that day on a UMW website, researching the late civil rights pioneer and Mary Washington history professor. &ldquo;What ultimately drew me here was the James Farmer Multicultural Center.&rdquo;<\/p><p>In 2020, the University will celebrate the centennial birthday of Dr. James L. Farmer Jr. &ndash; who died in 1999 &ndash; as well as the 30th anniversary of the James Farmer Multicultural Center (JFMC). Created in response to an uptick in enrollment of students of color and a rash of racially biased incidents that ensued, the Center aimed to promote harmony between all groups. It fulfills Farmer&rsquo;s legacy, educating the UMW community through engaging &ndash; and often life-changing &ndash; programs, from the spring Multicultural Fair to the fall Social Justice Trip. JFMC also supports 22 campus organizations and offers a welcoming haven for underrepresented students. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2019\/12\/11\/james-farmer-multicultural-center-turns-30\/\">Read more.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Junior Courtney Flowers was writing a high school paper when she stumbled upon a name she didn&rsquo;t recognize.&ldquo;It was James Farmer,&rdquo; said the Los Angeles native, who spent that day on a UMW website, researching the late civil rights pioneer and Mary Washington history professor. &ldquo;What ultimately drew me here was the James Farmer Multicultural [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28591,"featured_media":3914,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[116],"tags":[9389,330,22123,21394,513,9290,8674,673,22212],"class_list":["post-153734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-whats-new-umw","tag-cwilli27","tag-diversity","tag-farmer-legacy-2020","tag-james-farmer-centennial-celebration","tag-james-farmer-multicultural-center","tag-jraucci","tag-msanford","tag-multicultural-fair","tag-social-justice-fall-break-trip","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153734","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28591"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=153734"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153734\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=153734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}