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100 1 $aForman, James,$d1928-2005.
245 00 $aJames Forman papers,$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.
541 $cGift,$aForman family,$d2007-2009.
541 $cGift,$aPatricia Anna Johnson,$d2008.
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 Division and on Internet.
600 10 $aAl-Amin, Jamil,$d1943-
600 10 $aBelafonte, Harry,$d1927-$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aBellamy, Fay$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aBraden, Anne,$d1924-2006$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aCarmichael, Stokely.
600 10 $aCarmichael, Stokely$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aClinton, Bill,$d1946-$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aDonaldson, Ivanhoe$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aDrake, St. Clair$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aFanon, Frantz,$d1925-1961.
600 10 $aHayden, Tom$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aHolt, Faye$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aHolt, Len$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aJohnson, P. Anna$q(Patricia Anna)
600 10 $aJohnson, P. Anna$q(Patricia Anna)$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aMcDew, Charles$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aMcSurely, Alan,$d1936-$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aMeeks, Josie$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aRomilly, Constancia$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aSarachild, Kathie$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aSharpe, Monroe$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aStone, Donald P.,$d1935-$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aStone, Flora,$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aWarren, Robert Penn,$d1905-1989$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aYounge, Sammy,$d1944-1966.
600 10 $aZellner, Dorothy$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aZellner, James A.$vCorrespondence.
610 20 $aBlack Economic Development Conference.
610 20 $aBlack Panther Party.
610 20 $aBlack Workers Congress.
610 20 $aCongress of Racial Equality.
610 20 $aMississippi Freedom Democratic Party.
610 20 $aMississippi Freedom Labor Union.
610 20 $aMississippi Freedom Project.
610 20 $aMississippi Freedom Schools.
610 20 $aStudent Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)
610 20 $aUnemployed Poverty Action Council, Legal Defense, Education, and Research Fund.
610 20 $aUnemployment and Poverty Action Committee.
611 20 $aNational Black Economic Development Conference$d(1969 :$cDetroit, Mich.)
630 04 $aBlack America news service.
630 04 $aCapitol Hill express.
630 00 $aLiberation news service.
630 04 $aTempo and the times.
630 04 $aWashington times (Washington, D.C. : 1980-1981)
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.
650 0 $aMarch on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, Washington, D.C., 1963.
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.
656 7 $aAuthors.$2itoamc
656 7 $aCivil rights leaders.$2itoamc
656 7 $aJournalists.$2itoamc
700 12 $aForman, James,$d1928-2005.$tMaking of Black revolutionaries; a personal account.$f1972.
700 12 $aForman, James,$d1928-2005.$tSammy Younge, Jr.: the first black college student to die in the black liberation movement.$f1968.
700 12 $aForman, James,$d1928-2005.$tSelf-determination & the African-American people.$f1981.
711 22 $aNational Black Economic Development Conference$d(1969 :$cDetroit, Mich.)$tBlack Manifesto.
852 $aLibrary of Congress$bManuscript Division$eWashington, D.C. 20540 USA$ndcu$uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mss.home
856 4 $3Finding aid$uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010125