Arnold Josiah Ford

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Rabbi Arnold Josiah Ford (23 April 1877 – 16 September 1935) was a Barbadian American black rabbi, and a prominent member of Harlem's Black Jews community.^{[citation needed]}

Biography[]

Ford was born in Barbados to Edward Thomas Ford and Elizabeth Augustine Ford. He grew up to become a musician in the Royal Navy before settling in the United States.

Talented as a linguist, poet, musician and composer of many Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League (UNIA-ACL) songs, Ford co-authored with . Ford officially functioned as director of UNIA Band, Orchestra, Band of the African Legion, and the Liberty Hall Choir. He published the in 1920.

In 1930 he and a small group of Black Jews went to Ethiopia, where they participated in the coronation of Emperor Haile Selassie, created a school, and acquired 800 acres (320 ha) of land for the purpose of uniting Black Jews of the Diaspora with their brothers already in Ethiopia. He died there in 1935.

References[]

• Levy, Sholomo B. September 11th: A Tragedy in Search of Meaning

External links[]

• The Official UNIA-ACL website

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