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  1. Born October 4, 1928, in Chicago, IL; died January 10, 2005, in Washington, DC, from colon cancer; son of Jackson Forman (a jitney driver) and Octavia Rufus; married Mary Forman (divorced); married Mildred Thompson (divorced); married Constan- cia Ramilly (divorced); children: Chaka (son), James.

  2. Jul 24, 2018 · Introduction. Author, journalist, scholar, and lifelong civil rights activist James Rufus Forman was born to Octavia Allen and Jackson Forman in Chicago on 4 October 1928. He spent his early childhood with his grandmother in Marshall County, Mississippi, where he first experienced the effects of poverty and Jim Crow.

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  4. James Forman was the son of Jackson Forman and Octavia Allen. He was born in Chicago on 4 October 1928. [2] . His parents separated soon after his birth and James was sent to live on his grandmother 'Mama Jane"'s farm in Mississippi. [3] He later returned to Chicago to live with his mother and stepfather.

    • October 4, 1928
    • January 10, 2005
  5. Until he was a teenager, Forman used the surname of his stepfather, John Rufus, a gas station manager, rather than that of his real father, Jackson Forman, a Chicago cab driver. Forman graduated from Englewood High School in 1947 with honors and then served in the Air Force before entering the University of Southern California in 1952.

  6. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › James_FormanJames Forman - Wikipedia

    Boston University. Cornell University. Known for. Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, Black Panther Party. Children. 2, including James Forman Jr. 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 ...

  7. Jul 7, 2018 · James Forman Jr. (1967- ) James Forman, Jr. Legal scholar and author James Forman Jr. (a.k.a. James Robert Lumumba Forman) was born in New York City, New York on June 22, 1967. His mother, political activist Constancia Romilly, was the daughter of English author and journalist Jessica Mitford; his father, James Forman, Sr., played a prominent ...

  8. Jan 12, 2005 · Not until he was 14 did he learn that his biological father was Jackson Forman, a jitney driver in Chicago. Mr. Forman spent his early life on a farm in Mississippi with his...

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