Disclaimer: I want to repeat, I am not linking Henry Ford or his family directly to the KKK. I am saying that the KKK had a strong presence and the Ford family would have known members who were and Henry would have heard the adults in the community voicing their prejudicial viewpoints. read more
Ford's Anti-Semitism Henry Ford's anti-Semitic views echoed the fears and assumptions of many Americans in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Anti-Semitism in America saw a change in expression and virulence when increased immigration from Europe brought millions of Jews to the U.S. during Ford's childhood in the latter half of the 19th century. read more