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Jun 19, 2020 · James Forman (1928-2005) Civil rights leader and political activist James Forman was an instrumental leader in the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), sending demonstrators to the South for the Freedom Ride protests. Forman, who was born in Chicago, Illinois on October 4th, 1928, lived with his grandmother in Mississippi until ...
James Forman (October 4, 1928 – January 10, 2005) was a prominent African-American leader in the civil rights movement. He was active in the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), the Black Panther Party, and the League of Revolutionary Black Workers. As the executive secretary of SNCC from 1961 to 1966, Forman played a significant ...
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Apr 26, 2001 · James Forman. Civil rights activist and organizer James Forman was born on October 4, 1928, in Chicago. He spent much of his childhood with his grandmother on a farm in Marshall County, Mississippi. His grandmother stressed the importance of education and his experiences in the segregated South proved very important in his developing social ...
Jan 12, 2005 · James Forman, who marshaled the energy of young civil rights workers and, with his considerable organizing skill, helped turn the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee into one of the civil ...
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Jan 10, 2005 · Forman, James. October 4, 1928 to January 10, 2005. Nearly a decade older than most civil rights activists involved in the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), James Forman gained the respect of SNCC’s staff through his militancy and organizational prowess. At times, his more confrontational, revolutionary style clashed with ...
Jun 8, 2018 · James Forman was "a strong pillar of the modern-day civil rights movement," his former colleague Rep. John Lewis told the Sacramento Observer. In April of 1969, when James Forman presented the Black Manifesto , a public call for reparations to the African-American community for years of oppression, he made national headlines as an outspoken ...
James Forman (October 4, 1928 - January 10, 2005) was an American civil rights leader. After he finished high school, he served in the Air Force in Okinawa during the Korean War. He then studied at Roosevelt University, and graduated in 1957. He was executive secretary of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee from 1961 to 1965, helping ...
