Clyde W. Ford

Award-winning author, making a difference through the power of the written and spoken word.

[Clyde W. Ford @clydefordauthor]

𝐌𝐋𝐊: 𝐀𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐨
The LA Times ran my op-ed about the MLK we should really be honoring today.
#MLKDay2023 #BlackTwitter #BlackTwitterNews
https://t.co/kozUZ9zzhC

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Of Blood and Sweat: Black Lives and the Making of White Power and Wealth
by Clyde W. Ford @clydefordauthor
$1.99 Kindle Edition
Buy: https://t.co/1PTZyRDShc

[terry vee @redot2005]

Why Celebrate White-Washed Juneteenth https://t.co/LXHFGlVLoq via @clydefordauthor

[Clyde W. Ford @clydefordauthor]

@MarcusCDunn Yes, Americans are proud that they "don't know much about history," as Sam Cooke sang. Celebrating freedom based on lies and mistruths is one of the worst king of celebrations I can think of.

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𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐊𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐡 𝐈𝐬 𝐅𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐞
TX Blacks learn they’re free. 𝐅𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐞
End of slavery in US. 𝐅𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐞
Black Independence Day. 𝐅𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐞
My op-ed:
https://t.co/8mbvCQdsxM
#JuneteenthDay #juneteenth2022 #BlackTwitter

[WA State Library @WAStateLib]

2021 Washington State Book Award Winning Author Clyde W. Ford Explores the Dynamics of Power and Wealth in His New Book “Of Blood and Sweat”@ClydeFordAuthor #WaAuthors @EBONYMag
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[Clyde W. Ford @clydefordauthor]

𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐞�� 𝐢𝐧 𝐄𝐁𝐎𝐍𝐘
EBONY featured my new book "Of Blood and Sweat." My teacher/mentor, the late Lerone Bennett, was senior EBONY editor for many years. Wherever you are now, my friend, thanks for opening my eyes.
#BlackHistory #BlackTwitter
https://t.co/8sFuJhZj5N

[Clyde W. Ford @clydefordauthor]

𝐒𝐥𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 ���𝐚𝐬 𝐁𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧'𝐬 𝐁𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐬
HNN ran my op-ed linking the leaked SCOTUS draft to a colonial-era Supreme Court ruling on who was, and who was not, to be enslaved.
https://t.co/kZrqcOo5Ep
#WomensRights #BlackTwitter

[Clyde W. Ford @clydefordauthor]

𝐁𝐮𝐟𝐟��𝐥𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐔𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐝𝐞
Racism, unchecked, leads to the violence in Buffalo. Violence, unchecked, leads to the carnage in Uvalde. The Seattle Times just published my op-ed on the link between the two.
https://t.co/gPMjTHWpwy
#BlackTwitter #BuffaloMassacre

[Eric Kennon @EricKennon3]

@clydefordauthor @JoeTeehan1 Mr Ford I read your book it was definitely outstanding. I wanted to ask you a question. Your book points that Muslims were implicit in being one of the first ones to sell black bodies. Does this debunk Louis Farrakhans hypothesis that Jewish people were the main sellers of slaves

[Clyde W. Ford @clydefordauthor]

@EricKennon3 @JoeTeehan1 Thanks Eric,
Farrakhan is not correct that Jews were the main slave-sellers. There were definitely Jews that held Spanish asientos, or contracts to supply slaves to Spain but many, many non-Jews also held asientos. There’s absolutely no reason to single out any one group.

[Clyde W. Ford @clydefordauthor]

𝐁𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐒𝐚𝐟𝐞 𝐒𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞? Standing in an "eye of truth" amidst of a "hurricane of disagreement." Listen to my hour-long call-in show on slavery reparations with conservative callers on KGMI Konnects with host @JoeTeehan1
https://t.co/WV7ll6nB5O
#BlackTwitter

[Clyde W. Ford @clydefordauthor]

𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄 𝐑𝐮𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐄𝐱𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐭
Today, TIME magazine ran this excerpt from "Of Blood and Sweat." They did a great job. Love the photo they used.

https://t.co/tHbC55O8kS
#BlackTwitter #BlackHistory #BlackReads

[Clyde W. Ford @clydefordauthor]

@CNN A sighting of Donald Trump?

[Clyde W. Ford @clydefordauthor]

𝐑𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐬 𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐏𝐨𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭
I had the privilege of recording a podcast with Dr. Akilah Martin and Baba Orrin Williams of the Roots Watering Hole podcast. Great interview!!
#BlackTwitter
https://t.co/skXz5fGsUZ

[Clyde W. Ford @clydefordauthor]

𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐌𝐲 𝐒𝐢𝐬!
Dr. Claudia Ford, professor of ecology, women's studies, and Africana studies at SUNY Potsdam in an expansive talk about ecology and Blackness. Proud of you, Sis!
https://t.co/RvRatur1NK
#BlackTwitter

[Terron @OptimisticTDB]

@clydefordauthor Great weekend read! Picked mine up at Barnes and Noble.

[Clyde W. Ford @clydefordauthor]

𝐓𝐰𝐨 𝐓𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐬
"Of Blood and Sweat: Black Lives & the Making of White Power and Wealth" dedicated to two giants of Blk history/Soc. Justice-teachers, mentors, friends. Rd abt Vincent Harding and Lerone Bennett in my "Author Notes"
https://t.co/uEHWNdECgh

[Clyde W. Ford @clydefordauthor]

@karenhunter Thanks for having me back on your wonderful show. Keep up the great work you are doing educating and enlightening folks. Look forward to being back on soon.

[SiriusXM Urban View @UrbanViewRadio]

Of Blood and Sweat: Black Lives and the Making of White Power and Wealth

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