Interview with Clyde Ford, author of THINK BLACK - A Memoir About IBM's Second Black Employee
In 1971 Clyde Ford went to work for IBM as a system engineer following the footsteps of his his father, John Stanley Ford, who became the first black systems engineer hired by IBM in 1947. His memoir about his father’s experiences, THINK BLACK, appraises the racism and discrimination he faced as IBM’s second Black employee, and the sacrifices he made to be a corporate trailblazer. Based in large part on several long conversations Clyde had with his father after he retired, THINK BLACK also reveals the emotional cost of his father’s experiences at IBM on his relationship with the author.
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