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Maj. George W. Ford was a rarity — an African-American who held a supervisory position in early 20th-century Sangamon County. Ford also was an outspoken opponent of the Ku Klux Klan, a friend of ...

George W. Ford Jr., ... As President of the local NAACP from 1971 through 1973, Mr. Ford created a good communication environment between Black and White citizens of Columbus, Georgia.

In a race against P.B. Massey, Ford became the county's first black candidate since Sim Griffin was elected coroner in 1887. "He knew he could not win," Wright said of Ford. "His life was threatened.