James Forman

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.