James Forman

Arrest Date	Multiple arrests
Arrest Location	Multiple locations
Charge	SNCC Executive Director. Organized Mississippi Freedom Summer.

Historical Record

James Forman served as Executive Director of SNCC from 1961 to 1966, building it into the most radical and disciplined organizing force of the civil rights movement. He co-organized Freedom Summer, the 1964 campaign in which student volunteers registered Black voters across Mississippi.

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