Ford, James W., 1893-1957
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James W. “Jim” Ford (December 22, 1893 – 1957) was an activist and politician, the Vice-Presidential candidate for the Communist Party USA in 1932, 1936, and 1940. A party organizer born in Alabama and living in New York City, Ford was the first African American to run on a presidential ticket in the 20th century.
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| Role | Title | Holding Repository | |
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| creatorOf | James W. Ford Papers and Photographs, 1920s-1989 | Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives | |
| creatorOf | Communist International. Negro Commission. Documents from the Comintern Archives on African Americans, 1919-1929 | New York Public Library System, NYPL | |
| referencedIn | Guide to the Daily Worker and Daily World Photographs Collection, 1920-2001 | Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives | |
| referencedIn | Dorothy Epstein Papers, circa 1930-2009 | Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives | |
| creatorOf | Ford, James W., 1893-. Correspondence with Marian Anderson, n.d. | University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library | |
| referencedIn | Guide to the Reference Center for Marxist Studies Pamphlet Collection, 1900-2004 | Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives | |
| referencedIn | Guide to the Communist Party of the United States of America Records, 1892-2009 | Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives | |
| referencedIn | Guide to the Tamiment Library Poster and Broadside Collection, 1904-1991 | Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives | |
| referencedIn | Guide to the Daily Worker and Daily World Negatives Collection, 1930-2001 | Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives | |
| referencedIn | Earl Browder Papers, 1879-1990 | Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center |
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| associatedWith | Briggs, Cyril V. (Cyril Valentine), 1888-1966 | person |
| associatedWith | Browder, Earl, 1891-1973 | person |
| associatedWith | Bryant, Solliah | person |
| associatedWith | Bunche, Ralph J. (Ralph Johnson), 1904-1971 | person |
| associatedWith | Communist International. Negro Commission. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Communist Party of the United States of America. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963 | person |
| associatedWith | Ford, Reba | person |
| associatedWith | Haywood, Harry, 1898-1985 | person |
| associatedWith | Jones, Claudia, 1915-1964 | person |
| associatedWith | Reference Center for Marxist Studies. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976 | person |
| associatedWith | Smith, Ferdinand | person |
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| African American communists |
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| African American political activists |
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Birth 1893-12-22
Death 1957
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