James Forman

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civil rights activist human political organizer

James Forman was a prominent civil rights leader and strategist, best known as a key organizer in the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and an influential voice in the development of Black Power ideology.

Aliases (1)

James Forman was executive secretary of SNCC ×1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	civil rights activist → human → political organizer →
authorOf	Sammy Younge, Jr.: The First Black College Student to Die in the Black Liberation Movement → The Making of Black Revolutionaries →
birthDate	1928-10-04 →
birthPlace	Chicago, Illinois, United States →
deathDate	2005-01-10 →
deathPlace	Washington, D.C., United States →
educatedAt	Boston University → Cornell University → Roosevelt University → University of Southern California →
ethnicGroup	African American →
familyName	Forman →
givenName	James →
influenced	Black Power movement activists → Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee →
influencedBy	Frantz Fanon → W. E. B. Du Bois →
knownFor	contributions to Black Power ideology → leadership in the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee → role in the U.S. civil rights movement →
memberOf	Black Panther Party → League of Revolutionary Black Workers → Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee →
militaryConflict	Korean War →
movement	Black Power movement → civil rights movement →
name	James Forman →
nationality	American →
notableWork	Sammy Younge, Jr.: The First Black College Student to Die in the Black Liberation Movement → The Making of Black Revolutionaries →
occupation	civil rights leader → organizer → political theorist → writer →
placeOfDetention	Alabama → Georgia → Mississippi →
politicalIdeology	Black nationalism → socialism →
positionHeld	Executive Secretary of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee →
religion	Christianity →
residence	Atlanta, Georgia, United States → Washington, D.C., United States →
servedIn	United States Air Force →
spouse	Constancia Romilly → Mary Forman → Mildred Thompson →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Black Power movement →	hasKeyFigure
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee →	keyPerson
James Forman →	name
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee ("James Forman was executive secretary of SNCC") →	positionHeld