Think black : a memoir / Clyde W. Ford.
2019
306.874 F699t 2019
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Title
Think black : a memoir / Clyde W. Ford.
Author
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9780062890566 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
0062890565
9780062890573 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
0062890573
9780062890580 (ebook)
0062890565
9780062890573 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
0062890573
9780062890580 (ebook)
Published
New York, NY : Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2019]
Language
English
Description
xii, 285 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Call Number
306.874 F699t 2019
System Control No.
(OCoLC)1079844460
(OCoLC)1079844460
(OCoLC)1079844460
Summary
"The story of America's first Black engineer, his revolutionary son, and the corporation that destroyed their relationship"-- Provided by publisher.
"In 1946, John Stanley Ford was hired as the IBM's firs black software engineer. But many of the company's white employees refused to accept a black colleague and did everything in their power to humiliate, subvert, and undermine Ford. Yet Ford would not quit, recognizing that he had an obligation to his race as a "first." Instead, he comported himself with dignity and professionalism, and relied on his community to succeed. While Ford remained at IBM, it came at great emotional cost to himself and his family, especially his son, Clyde. Overlooked for promotions he deserved, the embittered Ford began blaming his fate on his skin color, which painfully divided him and Clyde, who followed him to IBM two decades later. From his first day of work, Clyde made clear he was different. Only IBM hadn't changed. As he, too, experienced the same institutional racism, Clyde began to better understand the subtle yet daring ways his father had fought back. It is a story of how a son came to appreciate his father and the sacrifices he made." -- publisher's description.
"In 1946, John Stanley Ford was hired as the IBM's firs black software engineer. But many of the company's white employees refused to accept a black colleague and did everything in their power to humiliate, subvert, and undermine Ford. Yet Ford would not quit, recognizing that he had an obligation to his race as a "first." Instead, he comported himself with dignity and professionalism, and relied on his community to succeed. While Ford remained at IBM, it came at great emotional cost to himself and his family, especially his son, Clyde. Overlooked for promotions he deserved, the embittered Ford began blaming his fate on his skin color, which painfully divided him and Clyde, who followed him to IBM two decades later. From his first day of work, Clyde made clear he was different. Only IBM hadn't changed. As he, too, experienced the same institutional racism, Clyde began to better understand the subtle yet daring ways his father had fought back. It is a story of how a son came to appreciate his father and the sacrifices he made." -- publisher's description.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note
First days
A sacrificial pawn
The bones of the machine
The book of changes
Voices of the dead
To speak of rivers
Honeypot traps
Twice as hard
The arrangement
Doing small things in a great way
Covert ops
The king is dead
Clandestine service
A mass shooting at IBM
The egg
Leaving
Long walks
Epilogue: The words of a poet.
A sacrificial pawn
The bones of the machine
The book of changes
Voices of the dead
To speak of rivers
Honeypot traps
Twice as hard
The arrangement
Doing small things in a great way
Covert ops
The king is dead
Clandestine service
A mass shooting at IBM
The egg
Leaving
Long walks
Epilogue: The words of a poet.
Available in Other Form
Online version: Ford, Clyde W. Think black. First edition. New York, NY : Amistad, [2019]
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