- Born
- Died
- Birth nameJames Rufus
- Forman was raised in Chicago and Mississippi.
In the 1960s he was a leader of the Black Panther Party.
Late in life, he taught at American University in Washington, D.C.
After his two marriages, Forman's longtime common-law wife was Constancia "Dinky" Romilly, the daughter of the writer and activist Jessica Mitford. The two had two sons, James Robert Lumumba Forman, a lawyer and activist, and Chaka Forman, an actor.- IMDb mini biography by: Anonymous
- SpousesMildred Thompson(1959 - 1965) (divorced)Mary Sears(1950 - 1956) (divorced)
- Longtime official with the Student Nonviolent [later, National] Coordinating Committee, or SNCC (pronounced 'snick').
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