FORD MOTOR COMPANY First African-American New Car Appointments

DateIndividualLocationMake
8-36Dan GainesChicago, IllinoisFord
8-67Bob Nelson-Ernie BanksChicago, IllinoisFord
10-67A. Gordon WrightVenice, Calif.Ford
9-68Ron MacIlvaineDorchester, Mass.Ford
11-68Clem Edwards-Al DinwiddieChicago, IllinoisFord
3-69Dan BrownNew Rochelle, NYL-M
8-69Leslie BlandChicago, IllinoisL-M
12-69J. H. PriceQueens Village, NYL-M
1-70Nathan ConyersDetroit, MichiganFord
4-70Al LigonsOakland, Calif.Ford
12-70Horace NobleChicago, IllinoisL-M
4-71W. J. PhillipsQueens Village, NYL-M
5-72Tom GillespieGary, Ind.Ford
8-72Arthur BaileyBrooklyn, NYFord
8-72D. J. BabbNewhall, Calif.Ford
10-72Clarence AllenChicago, IllinoisL-M
11-73Sam JohnsonE. St. Louis, Ill.L-M
1-74Emery HopkinsEutaw, AlabamaFord
3-74LaRoy DossPittsburgh, Calif.Ford
10-74LeroyToombsKansas City, Mo.L-M
2-75Wayne RussellAngleton, Tx.Ford
3-75William HuffManchester, Ga.Ford
4-75Bill LeeMarysville, OhioFord
6-75Raymond SykesPlymouth, Mass.Ford
7-75Terry BrantleyAtlanta, Ga.LM
8-75Bob HarrisonFayetteville, Tenn.Ford
10-75Harold WilliamsMt. Orab, OhioFord
11-75Mel Farr, Sr.Oak Park, Mich.Ford
12-75Pete LincolnLongwood, Fla.L-M
1-76Sterling StokesBuffalo, NYFord
4-76Richard ColemanPhiladelphia, Pa.Ford
2-77William Shack, Jr.Yucca Valley, Ca.Ford
6-77Cal VinsonCanton, OhioFord
5-77Harold CampbellMuncie, Ind.L-M
7-77Don RobinsonSpringfield, Il.L-M
7-77Bob HigginsTexas City, Tx.L-M
9-77William HardawayChicago, Ill.Ford
9-77Kenneth YoungerFairfield, OhioFord
11-77Franklin R. KennedyColumbus, Ind.L-M
11-77Sam JohnsonCharlotte, N. C.L-M
11-77Thomas TateSardis, Ms.Ford
11-77Von VassallPhiladelphia, Pa.L-M

Sources:
FMMDA – Ford Motor – Interviews
Research by Rusty Restuccia

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