Glen Ford, Black Journalist Who Lashed the Mainstream, Dies at 71Posted in Articles, Biography, Communications/Media Studies, Media Archive, Politics/Public Policy on 2021-09-04 00:17Z by Steven |
Glen Ford, Black Journalist Who Lashed the Mainstream, Dies at 71
The New York Times
2021-08-18
Clay Risen, Reporter and Editor
 Glen Ford in the 1970s. As a journalist, he took aim at the intersection of corporate interests and what he called the Black “misleadership” class. via Tonya Rutherford |
Fiercely progressive and independent, he was a persistent critic of the liberal establishment, especially Black leaders like Barack Obama.
Glen Ford, who over a 50-year career was a leading voice among progressive Black journalists and a constant scourge of the liberal establishment, especially Black politicians like Barack Obama, died on July 28 in Manhattan. He was 71.
His daughter, Tonya Rutherford, said the cause was cancer.
Originally as a radio news reporter in Augusta, Ga., and later as a television and online correspondent, Mr. Ford offered his audience a progressive perspective across a wide array of issues, including welfare rights, foreign policy and police misconduct.
Read the entire obituary here.