Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1928, Oct. 4 | Born, Chicago, Ill. |
| 1947-1951 | Served, United States Air Force |
| 1950 | Married Mary Sears (divorced 1956) |
| 1957 | B.A., Roosevelt University, Chicago, Ill. |
| 1958 | Attended African Research and Studies Program, Boston University, Boston, Mass. |
| 1958-1959 | Journalist, Chicago Defender, covering events in Little Rock, Ark. |
| 1959 | Married Mildred Thompson (divorced 1965) |
| 1959-1960 | Attended Chicago Teachers College, Chicago, Ill. |
| 1959-1961 | Public school teacher, Chicago, Ill. |
| 1960 | Worked with the Emergency Relief Committee of the Congress for Racial Equality, in Fayette County, Tenn. Wrote press releases for the Chicago Defender about his work with the Relief Committee |
| 1961-1966 | Executive secretary, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee |
| 1966-1969 | Director, International Affairs Commission of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, New York, N.Y. |
| 1968 | Minister of foreign affairs, Black Panther Party Published Liberation Viendra d'une Chose Noir. Paris: F. Maspero Published Sammy Younge, Jr.: The First Black College Student to Die in the Black Liberation Movement. New York: Grove Press |
| 1969 | Gave speech about the “Black Manifesto,” Riverside Church, New York, N.Y. |
| 1969-1970 | Field director, Black Economic Development Conference |
| 1970 | Published Political Thought of James Forman. Detroit: Black Star Publishing Co. |
| 1972 | Published Law and Order. New York: T. Nelson Published Making of Black Revolutionaries: A Personal Account. New York: Macmillan |
| 1974 | Founder and publisher, Black America News Service |
| 1974-2004 | President, Unemployment and Poverty Action Committee |
| 1980 | M.A., African American Studies, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y. |
| 1981 | Founder, Washington Times Published Self-Determination and the African-American People. Seattle: Open Hand Publishing |
| 1982 | Ph.D., Union of Experimental Colleges and Universities with the Institute for Policy Studies, Cincinnati, Ohio |
| 1983 | President, Unemployed Poverty Action Council, Legal Defense, Education, and Research Fund, Inc. Candidate, school board position from Ward 1, District of Columbia |
| 1984-1986 | Adams-Morgan Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner, District of Columbia |
| 1987 | Ran unsuccessfully for Democratic Party shadow senator, District of Columbia |
| 1990 | Recipient, Fannie Lou Hamer Freedom Award of the National Conference of Black America Ran unsuccessfully for Democratic Party shadow senator, District of Columbia |
| 1994 | Published High Tide of Black Resistance and Other Political and Literary Writings. Seattle: Open Hand Publishing Ran unsuccessfully for Democratic Party shadow senator, District of Columbia |
| 2005, Jan. 10 | Died, Washington, D.C. |