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Born in Tallahassee, served in the Navy in WWII, was the assistant principal at Leon High School, and a city commissioner. He became Tallahassee's and the United States first black mayor of a capital city. The Walker-Ford Community Center is named in his honor.
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James R. Ford - Tallahassee, Florida. 1900 (circa). State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/154951>, accessed 4 June 2026.
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James R. Ford - Tallahassee, Florida. 1900 (circa). State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/154951>
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