Think black : a memoir
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Published
New York, NY : Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2019].
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xii, 285 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Status
Wasatch County Library - General NonFiction - Second Floor
92 For
1 available
92 For
1 available
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Wasatch County Library - General NonFiction - Second Floor | 92 For | Available |
Subjects
LC Subjects
African American engineers -- United States -- Biography.
Discrimination in employment -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Engineers -- United States -- Biography.
Fathers and sons -- United States -- Biography.
Ford, Clyde W. -- Family.
Ford, John Stanley, -- 1919-2000.
International Business Machines Corporation -- Employees -- Biography.
International Business Machines Corporation -- History -- 20th century.
Software engineering -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Discrimination in employment -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Engineers -- United States -- Biography.
Fathers and sons -- United States -- Biography.
Ford, Clyde W. -- Family.
Ford, John Stanley, -- 1919-2000.
International Business Machines Corporation -- Employees -- Biography.
International Business Machines Corporation -- History -- 20th century.
Software engineering -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Published
New York, NY : Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2019].
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
UPC
40029601292
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Description
"The story of America's first Black engineer, his revolutionary son, and the corporation that destroyed their relationship"--
Description
"In 1946, John Stanley Ford was hired as the IBM's first 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." --
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Ford, C. W. (2019). Think black: a memoir (First edition.). Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Ford, Clyde W. 2019. Think Black: A Memoir. Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Ford, Clyde W. Think Black: A Memoir Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2019.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Ford, Clyde W. Think Black: A Memoir First edition., Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2019.
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