- Collection:
- Atlanta Funeral Programs Collection
- Title:
- A Memorial Celebration, James Forman, 1928-2005, Will The Circle Be Unbroken...., Saturday, February 5, 2005, 3:00 in the afternoon, Peoples Congregational United Church of Christ, Washington, District of Columbia, Julian Bond, Presiding, A. Knighton Stanley, Minister
- Date of Original:
- 2005-02-05
- Subject:
- African American men--Washington (D.C.)--History--20th century
African Americans--Funeral customs and rites--Washington (D.C.)--History--20th century
Funeral rites and ceremonies--Washington (D.C.)---History--20th century
Funeral service--Washington (D.C.)--History--20th century
Mourning customs--Washington (D.C.)--History--20th century
African Americans--Washington (D.C.)--Genealogy - Location:
- United States, District of Columbia, Washington, 38.89511, -77.03637
- Medium:
- church records
programs (documents)
records (documents) - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Funeral program for James Forman. Birth date: October 4, 1928. Death date: (not recorded). Funeral date: February 5, 2005. Church: Peoples Congregational United Church of Christ (Washington, D.C.). The Atlanta Funeral Programs Collection is a project of the Digital Library of Georgia in association with the Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History as part of Georgia HomePLACE. The project is supported with federal LSTA funds administered by the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Georgia Public Library Service, a unit of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia.
- Local Identifier:
- Folder number: 133
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:aarl_afpc_formanjames20050205
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:aarl_afpc_formanjames20050205
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 2 pages
- Holding Institution:
- Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History
- Rights:
-
A MEMORIAL CELEBRATION
jAMES FORMAN
1928 / 2005
WILL THE CIRCLE BE UNBROKEN ...
SATURDAY,FEBRUARY5,2005 THREE O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON
PEOPLES CONGREGATIONAL UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ]ulian Bond, Presiding A. Knighton Stanley, Minister
JAMES RUFUS FORMAN
1928- Born on October 4,1928, in Chicago, Illinois 1947- Graduated from Englewood High School in Chicago 1947~1951- Served in the US Air Force 1956 - Served as president of Roosevelt University's student body and chief delegate to the National
Student Association 1956~1957 - Covered the desegregation crisis in little Rock Arkansas for the Chicago Defender 1957- Received BA degree in Public Administration from Roosevelt University 1960- Joined the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), the Emergency Relief Committee (ERC) and the
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and provided relief services to Southern sharecroppers 1961~1966 - Executive Secretary of Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) 1963 - One of the principal organizers of "The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom" 1964 - Helped coordinate the Mississippi Freedom Project, which registered thousands of African~ American voters and established more than 80 Freedom Schools 1965 - Organized voter registration and voter education efforts in numerous Southern states, which culminated in the passing of the 1965 Voting Rights Act 1967- Represented both SNCC and the Black Panther Party (BPP) in Africa and Europe while speaking against racism, capitalism, colonialism and imperialism 1967~69 - Director of International Affairs ~ SNCC 1968 - Minister of Education ~ Black Panther Party 1969~70 - Field Director of the Black Economic Development Conference 1969 - Delivered his famous "Black Manifesto," which demanded $500 million in reparations from white churches for America's role in the Atlantic slave trade, and this country's 400~year history of racial exploitation 1972 - Black Workers Congress ~ Detroit, MI 1974- Founded the Unemployment and Poverty Action Committee (UPAC), a nonprofit organization serving the underemployed 1980- Received Master of Professional Studies (M.P.S.) in African and African~American Studies from Cornell University 1982- Received his Ph.D. from the Union of Experimental Colleges and Universities (in cooperation with the Institute of Policy Studies) 1983- Served a one~year term as legislative assistant to the president of the Metropolitan Washington Central Labor Council (AFL~CIO) 1980s~1994 - Lobbied aggressively against Apartheid 1981~2004 - Founded and published numerous press releases and articles through the Black American News Service (BANS) 1990- The first person in U.S history to file papers to run for U.S. Senator from the District of Columbia 1990- Awarded the Fannie Lou Hamer Freedom Award at the National Conference of Black Mayors 1990~2004- Worked in the Free DC Movement and with the Unemployment and Poverty Action Committee
PUBLICATIONS:
1968 - In Defense ofHuey P. Newton and the Black Panthers 1968- Sammy Younge, Jr. 1970- Liberation Viendra d'une Chose Nair: The Political Thought ofjames Forman 1972 - The Making ofBlack Revolutionaries 1981- SelfDetermination: An Examination ofthe ~uestion and Its Application to the African~American People. 1993 -Statehood for the New Columbia: Seeking our Civil Rights 1994- High Tide ofBlack Resistance
A SERVICE OF MEMORY AND HOPE
IN CELEBRATION OF THE LIFE OF
JAMES FORMAN
THE GATHERING MUSIC Terry Friday, Organist
INTRODUCTIONS AND INVOCATION A. Knighton Stanley
PRESIDING OFFICIANT Julian Bond
THE EULOGISTS Mildred Page
Dorothy Zellner Marion Barry Bob Moses
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Dorie Ladner Willie Ricks Martha Norman Kathleen Cleaver
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Eleanor Holmes/Norton Bill Pritchett
Annie Pearl Avery
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Chaka Forman . Constancia Romilly
James Forman,Jr.
SONGS
OF FREEDOM, MEMORY AND THE SNCC FREEDOM SINGERS: Bettie Fikes Rutha Harris Emory Harris Matthew Jones Marshall Jones Chuck Neblett
HOPE
The songs of the Freedom Singers will be interspersed among the eulogies as the mood of the moment dictates.
I My warmest and most tender feelings are for the masses of black people in the United States and poor people the world around. My life has been dedicated to the struggle of all exploited people against their oppressors. It is this objective
that sustains me every day in the revolutionary movement. I
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III had to get an education. I had to use this education. Whatever I did with this education, I had to put it to work for my people. I
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11 ...there 's no substitute for diligent, hard work in whatever one is doing. ~
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II [The United States] is a powerful country, but that power is not greater than that of black people. I
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I I loved humanity. I hated injustice. Someday we would sit in judgment. I
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"Write it down. Write it down."
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11 our ... basic strength rested in the energy, love, and warmth of the group. 11
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~ we are demanding $500,000,000 from the Christian white churches and the ]ewish synagogues. This total comes to $15 per nigger. I
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I Brothers and sisters, we no longer are shuffling our feet and scratching our heads. We are tall, black and proud. ~
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I If we can't sit at the table let's knock the fu-- --ing legs off. Excuse me. I
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I All roads must lead to revolution. ~
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I Time is short, and we do not have much time and it is time we stop mincing words....no oppressed people ever gained their liberation until they were ready to
fight. 11
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~ we have accepted the possibility of death, for being killed is inherent in taking revolutionary action. I
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liThe future is bright. Victory is certain.~~
Contributions to the James Forman Archival Project or the James Forman Civil Rights Scholarship Fund can be made payable to Chaka Forman and mailed to him at: 2554 Lincoln Boulevard #:729 ~ Venice CA 90291.