James Forman
James Forman (born October 4, 1928 in Chicago , Illinois , USA , † January 10, 2005 in Washington, DC , USA) was an American civil rights activist .
Forman spent most of his childhood with his grandmother in Marshall County, Mississippi . In 1947 he finished high school . He then went to the University of Southern California and was beaten up by the police in his second semester. He then moved to Roosevelt University in Chicago. There he became a student leader on political issues.
In 1961, Forman became the head of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee that drove the civil rights movement in universities . Forman became known as the leader of the student nonviolent movement in the 1960s . He was the principal organizer of the March on Washington in 1963.
Forman died of early 2005 of cancer , he was 76 years old.
Fonts
- Sammy Younge, Jr. (1968)
- The Making of Black Revolutionaries
- Liberation Viendra d'une Chose Noir
- The Political Thought of James Forman
- Self-Determination: An Examination of the Question & its Application to the African-American People .
Web links
- Literature by and about James Forman in the catalog of the German National Library
- Biography (English) ( Memento of 29 September 2007 at the Internet Archive )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Forman, James |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American civil rights activist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 4, 1928 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chicago , Illinois |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 10, 2005 |
| Place of death | Washington, DC |