What Is Harold Ford Jr Ethnicity?

Harold Ford, Jr. was born in Memphis, Tennessee, the United States on May 11, 1970, to Harold Ford Sr. and Dorothy Bowles Ford. His father was a Democratic Congressman while his mother was a homemaker. Harold Ford Jr. has an African-American ethnicity. He also has a sister, Amy Ford, and a brother, Isaac Ford. Harold Ford Jr. attended Longview Elementary School, White Station Middle School and Central High School, all located in Memphis. In 1988, he graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a B.A. in Political Science. After that, he worked for two years as a management consultant for Booz Allen & Hamilton in Washington D.C.

In 1990, Harold Ford Jr. returned to Memphis to run for the U.S. House of Representatives, becoming the youngest person ever elected to that body. He was re-elected five times, serving from 1995-2007. In 2006, he ran for the U.S. Senate, but was narrowly defeated by Republican Bob Corker. After his time in Congress, Harold Ford Jr. worked as a visiting professor at New York University and as a managing director at Morgan Stanley. He is also a board member of the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research.

Harold Ford Jr. is married to Emily Threlkeld. They have two children together: Harold Ford III and Elliott Anneliese Ford.

Harold Ford Jr.'s parents are both African American. His mother, Dorothy, is from Louisiana and his father, Harold Sr., is from Tennessee. Both of his parents' families have lived in the United States for several generations.

Harold Ford, Jr. is a Christian. He was born into a family of Baptist ministers, and he was baptized and confirmed in the Baptist faith. However, he has said that he is "not particularly religious," and he does not affiliate with any particular denomination. Ford has also said that he respects people of all faiths, and that he believes that "we all have to answer to a higher power."