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James W. “Jim” Ford (December 22, 1893 – June 21, 1957 [citation needed]) was an activist, a politician, and the vice-presidential candidate for the Communist Party USA in the years 1932, 1936, and 1940. Ford was born in Alabama and later worked as a party organizer for the CPUSA in New York City.
James W. Ford (* 22. Dezember 1893; † 21. Juni 1957) war ein US-amerikanischer Politiker (CPUSA). Er war bei den Präsidentschaftswahlen 1932 der erste afroamerikanische Kandidat für das Amt des Vizepräsidenten. Leben
Abstract. In this chapter, Holger Weiss explores the African American communist labour union activist James W. Ford as one of the key global players in the history of interwar Communism in the black Atlantic. Weiss uses space in two intertwined ways: first, by tying together Ford's activities in Chicago, Moscow, Hamburg and several other places
20. Dez. 2019 · Ford told his audience in November 1940, “Comrades, that’s something.” But there was still much work to be done. While Ford had seen the early rumblings of the fight to expand political rights in the 1940 elections, communists needed to fan the flames and launch a “broad struggle for democracy.”
17. Jan. 2018 · James W. Ford was Special Organizer of the Communist Party’s (CP) Harlem, New York section and the most prominent black Communist in the nation during the 1930s and early 1940s. Perhaps more than any other figure, Ford symbolized the Party’s efforts to build a united front between African Americans and the white working class.
History. Encyclopedias almanacs transcripts and maps. Ford, James W. views 3,296,136 updated. Ford, James W. December 22, 1893. June 21, 1957. James Ford, a Communist Party official, was born in Pratt City, Alabama. He worked on railroads and in steel mills while in high school.
Repository. James W. Ford (1893-1957) was a prominent African American Communist of Jamaican origin and the vice-presidential candidate of the Communist Party in 1932, 1936, and 1940. He was a delegate to the Profintern Congress in Moscow in 1928, organized the first International Conference of Negro Workers in Hamburg, Germany in 1930, and ...
