The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with James Forman

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The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with James Forman

4/26/2001

https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/A2001.033

Civil rights activist and nonprofit chief executive James Forman (1928 - 2005 ) served as SNCC’s executive secretary from 1964 to 1966 and then as president of the Unemployment and Poverty Action Committee. Since 1968, Forman has published several books, including Sammy Younge, Jr., The Making of Black Revolutionaries and Liberation Viendra d’une Chose Noir. Forman passed away on January 10, 2005. Forman was interviewed by The HistoryMakers on 4/26/2001, in Washington, D.C.. This collection is comprised of the video footage of the interview.

Total Sessions: 1; Total Tapes: 6; Total Run Time: 03h 00m 46s

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Forman, James, 1928-2005

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Social 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 consciousness.Forman completed high school in 1947. He attended Chicago's Wilson Junior College before joining the U.S. Air Force. After completing four years of military servic...