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100 1 _aForman, James,
_d1928-2005.
245 0 0 _aJames Forman papers,
_f1848-2005
_g(bulk 1961-2001).
300 _a79,000
_fitems.
300 _a255 containers plus
_a2
_foversize and
_felectronic files.
300 _a100.2
_flinear feet.
351 _aArranged in 10 series. Series 1: Diaries, 1957-2004; Series 2: Correspondence, 1956-2005; Series 3: Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee File, 1950-2003; Series 4: Subject File, 1848-2005; Series 5: Speeches and Writings File, 1872-2004; Series 6: Printed Matter, 1934-2002; Series 7: Miscellany, 1928-2005; Series 8: Addition, 1968-2005; Series 9: Oversize, 1943-2003; and Series 10: Electronic Files, 2000.
506 0 _aOpen to research.
520 8 _aCorrespondence, 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.
520 8 _aSubjects 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.
520 8 _aThe 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.
520 8 _aCorrespondents 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.
544 _3Audio and video recordings
_etransferred to
_aLibrary of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division.
544 _3Some periodicals
_etransferred to
_aLibrary of Congress Serial and Government Publications Division.
544 _3Some photographs and posters
_etransferred to
_aLibrary of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
545 0 _aAuthor, journalist, and civil rights leader.
546 _aCollection material in English, French, and Spanish.
555 8 _aFinding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010125
600 1 0 _aAl-Amin, Jamil,
_d1943-
600 1 0 _aBelafonte, Harry,
_d1927-
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aBellamy, Fay
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aBraden, Anne,
_d1924-2006
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aCarmichael, Stokely.
600 1 0 _aCarmichael, Stokely
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aClinton, Bill,
_d1946-
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aDonaldson, Ivanhoe
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aDrake, St. Clair
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aFanon, Frantz,
_d1925-1961.
600 1 0 _aHayden, Tom
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aHolt, Faye
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aHolt, Len
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aJohnson, P. Anna
_q(Patricia Anna)
600 1 0 _aJohnson, P. Anna
_q(Patricia Anna)
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aMcDew, Charles
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aMcSurely, Alan,
_d1936-
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aMeeks, Josie
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aRomilly, Constancia
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aSarachild, Kathie
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aSharpe, Monroe
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aStone, Donald P.,
_d1935-
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aStone, Flora,
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aWarren, Robert Penn,
_d1905-1989
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aYounge, Sammy,
_d1944-1966.
600 1 0 _aZellner, Dorothy
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aZellner, James A.
_vCorrespondence.
610 2 0 _aBlack Economic Development Conference.
610 2 0 _aBlack Panther Party.
610 2 0 _aBlack Workers Congress.
610 2 0 _aCongress of Racial Equality.
610 2 0 _aMississippi Freedom Democratic Party.
610 2 0 _aMississippi Freedom Labor Union.
610 2 0 _aMississippi Freedom Project.
610 2 0 _aMississippi Freedom Schools.
610 2 0 _aStudent Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)
610 2 0 _aUnemployed Poverty Action Council, Legal Defense, Education, and Research Fund.
610 2 0 _aUnemployment and Poverty Action Committee.
611 2 0 _aNational Black Economic Development Conference
_d(1969 :
_cDetroit, Mich.)
630 0 0 _aLiberation news service.
650 0 _aAfrican American newspapers.
650 0 _aAfrican American periodicals.
650 0 _aAfrican American press.
650 0 _aAfrican Americans
_xCivil rights.
650 0 _aAfrican Americans
_xEconomic conditions.
650 0 _aAfrican Americans
_xHistory.
650 0 _aAfrican Americans
_xPolitics and government.
650 0 _aAfrican Americans
_xReparations.
650 0 _aAfrican Americans
_xSegregation.
650 0 _aAfrican Americans
_xSocial conditions.
650 0 _aAfrican Americans
_xSuffrage.
650 0 _aAfrican Americans
_xSuffrage
_zMississippi.
650 0 _aBlack militant organizations
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aBlack power
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aCivil rights
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aCivil rights demonstrations
_zWashington (D.C.)
650 0 _aCivil rights movements
_zAlabama.
650 0 _aCivil rights movements
_zGeorgia.
650 0 _aCivil rights movements
_zMississippi.
650 0 _aCivil rights movements
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aHuman rights
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aLabor
_zUnited States.
611 2 0 _aMarch on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
_d(1963 :
_cWashington, D.C.)
650 0 _aRacism
_zUnited States
_xHistory.
650 0 _aRadicalism
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aSchool integration
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aSegregation
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aVoter registration
_zUnited States.
651 0 _aAfrica.
651 0 _aAfrica
_xForeign relations
_zUnited States.
651 0 _aCentral America
_xForeign relations
_zUnited States.
651 0 _aChina
_xForeign relations
_zUnited States.
651 0 _aMiddle East
_xForeign relations
_zUnited States.
651 0 _aMississippi
_xRace relations.
651 0 _aSouth Africa
_xForeign relations
_zUnited States.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xForeign relations.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xForeign relations
_zAfrica.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xForeign relations
_zCentral America.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xForeign relations
_zChina.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xForeign relations
_zMiddle East.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xForeign relations
_zSouth Africa.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xPolitics and government
_y1945-1989
651 0 _aUnited States
_xPolitics and government
_y1989-
651 0 _aUnited States
_xRace relations.
651 0 _aWashington (D.C.)
_xPolitics and government.
630 0 4 _aBlack America news service.
630 0 4 _aCapitol Hill express.
630 0 4 _aTempo and the times.
630 0 4 _aWashington times (Washington, D.C. : 1980-1981)
656 7 _aAuthors.
_2itoamc
656 7 _aCivil rights leaders.
_2itoamc
656 7 _aJournalists.
_2itoamc
700 1 2 _aForman, James,
_d1928-2005.
_tMaking of Black revolutionaries; a personal account.
_f1972.
700 1 2 _aForman, James,
_d1928-2005.
_tSammy Younge, Jr.: the first black college student to die in the black liberation movement.
_f1968.
700 1 2 _aForman, James,
_d1928-2005.
_tSelf-determination & the African-American people.
_f1981.
711 2 2 _aNational Black Economic Development Conference
_d(1969 :
_cDetroit, Mich.)
_tBlack Manifesto.
856 4 _3Finding aid
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010125
856 4 _3Finding aid (PDF)
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010125.3
999 _c44764
_d44764