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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.
Abstract. 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 ...
James W. Ford was one of the key global players in the history of interwar communism. His transnational activities and position within the Comintern and the Red International of Labour Unions were exceptional as a Black agitator.
James W. Ford was born December 22, 1893 in Pratt City, Alabama, starting life as railroad worker at the age of thirteen. He attended Fisk University, and in 1917 entered the U.S. Army. Entering the labor movement after the World War, he played an active part in building the trade unions, joining the Communist Party soon after.
19 de dic. de 2017 · Por Emilio García Bonilla. James W. Ford nació en la ciudad de Pratt, Alabama, Estados Unidos de América, el 22 de diciembre de 1893 y murió en 1957. Fue un político y activista, luchador por los derechos civiles de los afroamericanos, siendo el primero de ese sector social en presentarse en una boleta presidencial, ya que fue ...
JAMES W. FORD . Written: For the Communist Party, USA, campaign for the 1932 United States general election, in which Ford was the party's candidate for Vice-President of the United States. Source: Foster-Ford, The Candidates of the Working Youth (Young Communist League, New York City, 1932), pages 19-24.
29 de ene. de 2024 · Communism and the Negro (28 April 1932) A Vote for Hoover, Roosevelt or Thomas Like Saying “Yes We Like Starvation and Scottsboros!”. James W. Ford Declares Communists Fight Every Day for All Toilers, Negro and White (7 November 1932) Unions Back Negro Congress Despite Opposing Groups (7 February 1936)
