{"article":{"id":121037,"heading":"James Forman, SNCC Leader, Passes On","author":"finder","created":"2005-01-13 05:06:52","modified":"2005-01-13 05:06:52","last_modified":"Thu, 13 Jan 2005 12:06:52","article":"<p>James Forman, leader of SNCC, passed away on the 10th, at age 76, or colon cancer. <br><br> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/articles\/A2403-2005Jan11.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/articles\/A2403-2005Jan11.html<\/a> <br><br> Of relevance to activists: <br><br> - Forman came into SNCC and made it militant, by taking care of the boring issues, and also pushing for direct action. <br><br> - Forman did not distinguish between voting and direct action, seeing them as both part of the same movement. <br><br> - SNCC used the Black Panther image first, and pushed a grassroots, involved politics.  The BPP later carried on with this politics. <br><br> <\/p>\n","contact":"","link":"http:\/\/www.stanford.edu\/~ccarson\/articles\/left_2.htm","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":"&quot;Accumulating experiences with Southern 'law and order' were turning me into a full-fledged revolutionary,&quot; -- James Forman","numcomment":0,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2005\/01\/121037.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[]}