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Nick Aaron Ford Jr.
Born(1904-08-04)August 4, 1904
Ridgeway, South Carolina
DiedJuly 17, 1982(1982-07-17) (aged 77)
Baltimore, Maryland
Alma mater
Occupations
  • Academic
  • Author
EmployerMorgan State College
RelativesSanders Ford (maternal grandfather)

Nick Aaron Ford Jr. (August 4, 1904 – July 17, 1982) was an American writer. A native of South Carolina, he was educated at Benedict College and Iowa State University. Ford then joined the faculty of Morgan State University, eventually accepting the Alain Locke Distinguished Professorship of Black Studies.

Life and career[edit]

Ford was born in Ridgeway, South Carolina, to a former slave, Nick Aaron Ford Sr., and his wife Carrie, a substitute teacher.[1][2] Sanders Ford, a member of the South Carolina Senate, was the maternal grandfather of Nick Aaron Ford Jr.[2] Between the ages of ten and sixteen, Ford was educated at a segregated school in Winnsboro, Louisiana.[1] He then attended a high school affiliated with Benedict College,[2] and subsequently earned a bachelor's degree from Benedict in 1926.[1] Subsequently, Ford was principal of the Schofield Normal School in Aiken, South Carolina, until 1928, when he enrolled at Iowa State University for graduate study in journalism.[1][2] Ford earned his master's degree in 1934, and his doctorate in 1945.[1] He taught at Morgan State College from 1945 and later became Alain Locke Distinguished Professor of Black Studies in 1973.[1][3]

He chaired Morgan State University's English Department for 23 years from 1947 to 1972.[4] He advocated for African American studies.[5] He married Janie Etheridge in 1927, with whom he raised a son.[1][6] Ford married for the second time to Ola Scroggins Ford in 1968.[3][7] Nick Aaron Ford died in Baltimore, Maryland, on July 17, 1982.[8]

Books[edit]

  • Ford, Nick Aaron (1983). Seeking a newer world : memoirs of a Black American teacher (1st ed.). Great Neck, N.Y.: Todd & Honeywell. ISBN 0-89962-277-1. OCLC 10412401.
  • Ford, Nick Aaron (1973). Black studies: threat-or-challenge. Port Washington, N.Y. ISBN 0-8046-9034-0. OCLC 702863.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)[9] A signed copy of this book is in the catalogue of the National Museum of African American History and Culture.[10]
  • Ford, Nick Aaron. Cultural Integration through Literature.[11]
  • Language in uniform : a reader on propaganda. Nick A. Ford (5th ed.). Indianapolis: Odyssey Pr. 1967. ISBN 0-672-63054-0. OCLC 310463688.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)[12]
  • Best short stories by Afro-American writers, 1925-1950. Nick Aaron Ford, Harry Lee Faggett. Milwood, N.Y.: Kraus Reprint Co. 1977. ISBN 0-527-04930-1. OCLC 2818672.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  • Extending Horizons: Selected Readings for Cultural Enrichment[13]

Selected publications[edit]

Legacy[edit]

In 1983 Morgan State University initiated the Nick Aaron Ford and Waters Edward Turpin Symposium on African-American Literature named in honor of Ford and Turpin,[14] a collaborator of Ford's who joined him at Morgan State at Ford's request.[15] Ford's papers including letters, book drafts and other writings are located at the University of South Carolina.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Nick Aaron Ford (1904-1982)". 2022-03-09. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
  2. ^ a b c d Venture Young, Ann (June 1992). "Nick Aaron Ford: Teacher, Critic, Scholar, Writer "Seeking a Newer World"". College Language Association Journal. 35 (4): 467–487. JSTOR 44322514.
  3. ^ a b c "Nick Aaron Ford papers, 1935-1984". researchworks.oclc.org.
  4. ^ "The Evening Sun 20 Jul 1982, page 29". Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Nick Aaron Ford | studysc". www.studysc.org.
  6. ^ "Ford, Nick Aaron. - Social Networks and Archival Context". snaccooperative.org.
  7. ^ "Ola Scroggins Ford, 93, taught 65 years, including 5 at Morgan". Baltimore Sun. 28 December 1997. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
  8. ^ "Nick Aaron Ford – South Carolina African American History Calendar".
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  10. ^ "Black Studies: Threat or Challenge?". National Museum of African American History and Culture. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
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  14. ^ "Nick Aaron Ford and Waters Edward Turpin Symposium on African-American Literature". www.morgan.edu. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
  15. ^ Ford, Nick Aaron (1977). "Waters Turpin: I Knew Him Well". CLA Journal. 21 (1): 1–18. ISSN 0007-8549. JSTOR 44329321.
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