Lionel Forman essay

Essay by Lionel Forman: 'Black and White in South African History'. The essay was published posthumously by New Age in its 'Lionel Forman Anniversary Booklet' (mimeo, 21 pages), [?1960]. The booklet has a preface by Ray Alexander and includes 'Lionel Forman - a biographical sketch'.

Lionel Forman was born in Rosettenville, Johannesburg in 1926. He studied law at the University of the Witwatersrand, and became the Director for Research at the National Union of South African Students, which he represented as a delegate at international conferences. A barrister and a journalist, Forman was an editor of Advance, the journal of the Communist Party of South Africa, and its successor, New Age. He was accused in the 1956 Treason Trial, but his indictment was quashed in 1959. He was a co-author of 'The South African Treason Trial ' and a member of the South African Congress of Democrats, as well as a member of the Communist Party of South Africa. Forman died in Cape Town aged 31 (after undergoing heart by-pass surgery) on 19 October 1959.

Lionel Forman was born in Rosettenville, Johannesburg in 1926. He studied law at the University of the Witwatersrand, and became the Director for Research at the National Union of South African Students, which he represented as a delegate at international conferences. A barrister and a journalist, Forman was an editor of Advance, the journal of the Communist Party of South Africa, and its successor, New Age. He was accused in the 1956 Treason Trial, but his indictment was quashed in 1959. He was a co-author of 'The South African Treason Trial ' and a member of the South African Congress of Democrats, as well as a member of the Communist Party of South Africa. Forman died in Cape Town aged 31 (after undergoing heart by-pass surgery) on 19 October 1959.

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