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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 ...
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Jan 12, 2005 · Civil Rights activist James Forman died this week from colon cancer. A contemporary of Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King, Jr., Forman advocated non-violence and helped rally the younger factions ...
Feb 8, 2021 · A Call for Reparations. James Forman at 181st General Assembly, San Antonio, Texas, May 1969. --originally published in Presbyterian Heritage, Spring 2020. On May 27, 1970, fasting commissioners at the 182nd General Assembly of the UPCUSA in Chicago assigned their meal money—$5,178.60—to the newly created National Committee on the Self ...
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 ...
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 ...
Jan 12, 2005 · By Douglas Martin. Jan. 12, 2005. Correction Appended. James Forman, a civil rights pioneer who brought a fiercely revolutionary vision and masterly organizational skills to virtually every major ...
