James Forman papers, 1848-2005 (bulk 1961-2001).
Material type:
Mixed materialsLanguage: English, French, Spanish Description: 79,000 items; 255 containers plus 2 oversize and electronic files; 100.2 linear feetContained works: - Forman, James, 1928-2005. Making of Black revolutionaries; a personal account. 1972
- Forman, James, 1928-2005. Sammy Younge, Jr.: the first black college student to die in the black liberation movement. 1968
- Forman, James, 1928-2005. Self-determination & the African-American people. 1981
- National Black Economic Development Conference (1969 : Detroit, Mich.) Black Manifesto
- Al-Amin, Jamil, 1943-
- Belafonte, Harry, 1927- -- Correspondence
- Bellamy, Fay -- Correspondence
- Braden, Anne, 1924-2006 -- Correspondence
- Carmichael, Stokely
- Carmichael, Stokely -- Correspondence
- Clinton, Bill, 1946- -- Correspondence
- Donaldson, Ivanhoe -- Correspondence
- Drake, St. Clair -- Correspondence
- Fanon, Frantz, 1925-1961
- Hayden, Tom -- Correspondence
- Holt, Faye -- Correspondence
- Holt, Len -- Correspondence
- Johnson, P. Anna (Patricia Anna)
- Johnson, P. Anna (Patricia Anna) -- Correspondence
- McDew, Charles -- Correspondence
- McSurely, Alan, 1936- -- Correspondence
- Meeks, Josie -- Correspondence
- Romilly, Constancia -- Correspondence
- Sarachild, Kathie -- Correspondence
- Sharpe, Monroe -- Correspondence
- Stone, Donald P., 1935- -- Correspondence
- Stone, Flora, -- Correspondence
- Warren, Robert Penn, 1905-1989 -- Correspondence
- Younge, Sammy, 1944-1966
- Zellner, Dorothy -- Correspondence
- Zellner, James A. -- Correspondence
- Black Economic Development Conference
- Black Panther Party
- Black Workers Congress
- Congress of Racial Equality
- Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
- Mississippi Freedom Labor Union
- Mississippi Freedom Project
- Mississippi Freedom Schools
- Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)
- Unemployed Poverty Action Council, Legal Defense, Education, and Research Fund
- Unemployment and Poverty Action Committee
- National Black Economic Development Conference (1969 : Detroit, Mich.)
- Liberation news service
- African American newspapers
- African American periodicals
- African American press
- African Americans -- Civil rights
- African Americans -- Economic conditions
- African Americans -- History
- African Americans -- Politics and government
- African Americans -- Reparations
- African Americans -- Segregation
- African Americans -- Social conditions
- African Americans -- Suffrage
- African Americans -- Suffrage -- Mississippi
- Black militant organizations -- United States
- Black power -- United States
- Civil rights -- United States
- Civil rights demonstrations -- Washington (D.C.)
- Civil rights movements -- Alabama
- Civil rights movements -- Georgia
- Civil rights movements -- Mississippi
- Civil rights movements -- United States
- Human rights -- United States
- Labor -- United States
- March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.)
- Racism -- United States -- History
- Radicalism -- United States
- School integration -- United States
- Segregation -- United States
- Voter registration -- United States
- Africa
- Africa -- Foreign relations -- United States
- Central America -- Foreign relations -- United States
- China -- Foreign relations -- United States
- Middle East -- Foreign relations -- United States
- Mississippi -- Race relations
- South Africa -- Foreign relations -- United States
- United States -- Foreign relations
- United States -- Foreign relations -- Africa
- United States -- Foreign relations -- Central America
- United States -- Foreign relations -- China
- United States -- Foreign relations -- Middle East
- United States -- Foreign relations -- South Africa
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1989-
- United States -- Race relations
- Washington (D.C.) -- Politics and government
- Black America news service
- Capitol Hill express
- Tempo and the times
- Washington times (Washington, D.C. : 1980-1981)
- Authors
- Civil rights leaders
- Journalists
Open to research.
Correspondence, memoranda, diaries, speeches and writings, subject files, family papers, appointment books and calendars, and other papers relating primarily to Forman's activities as executive secretary of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.) and president of the Unemployment and Poverty Action Committee. Documents his work as founder and president of the Unemployed Poverty Action Council, Legal Defense, Education, and Research Fund; and journalist and founder of the Black America News Service. Also documents his involvement with civil rights organizations including the Black Economic Development Conference, Black Panther Party, Black Workers Congress, Congress of Racial Equality, Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, Mississippi Freedom Labor Union, Mississippi Freedom Project (also known as Freedom Summer), Mississippi Freedom Schools, and the National Black Economic Development Conference, Detroit, Mich., 1969, and its Black Manifesto.
Subjects include Africa; black power; civil rights; civil rights movement in the U.S. primarily in Alabama, Georgia, and Mississippi; economic and working conditions of African Americans; human rights; March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, 1963; foreign relations chiefly with Africa, Central America, China, the Middle East, and South Africa; labor issues; national and District of Columbia political affairs including Forman's unsuccessful campaigns to be the first Democratic senator of the District of Columbia; reparations; school integration; segregation; and voter registration. Includes material pertaining to Jamil Al-Amin (H. Rap Brown), Stokely Carmichael, Frantz Fanon, P. Anna Johnson, and Sammy Younge.
The writings file includes drafts Forman's books, The Making of Black Revolutionaries; a Personal Account (1972); Sammy Younge, Jr.: the First Black College Student to Die in the Black Liberation Movement (1968); his unpublished novel, The Thin White Line; and his thesis published as Self-determination & the African-American People (1981). Also includes Forman's newspapers and periodicals, Capitol Hill Express, Tempo and the Times, and the short-lived Washington Times, as well as the Liberation News Service.
Correspondents include Harry Belafonte, Fay Bellamy, Anne Braden, Stokely Carmichael, Bill Clinton, Ivanhoe Donaldson, St. Clair Drake, Tom Hayden, Faye Holt, Len Holt, P. Anna Johnson, Charles McDew, Alan McSurely, Josie Meeks, Constancia Romilly, Kathie Sarachild, Monroe Sharpe, Donald P. Stone, Flora Stone, Robert Penn Warren, Dorothy Zellner, and James A. Zellner.
Audio and video recordings transferred to Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division.
Some periodicals transferred to Library of Congress Serial and Government Publications Division.
Some photographs and posters transferred to Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
Author, journalist, and civil rights leader.
Collection material in English, French, and Spanish.
Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at
There are no comments on this title.