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Adrian Ford, longtime Fitchburg civil rights activist, dies at 73
FITCHBURG A longtime Fitchburg civil rights and community activist, known for forming a network dedicated to racial equity, died Jan. 16.
Adrian Lamont Ford, 73, died suddenly after a brief illness. Ford founded the Fitchburg chapter of Three Pyramids Inc., a community-development corporation, in 1971 and became the CEO in 1972, a position he held until his death. Ford also co-founded the North Central Massachusetts Minority Coalition in 1992, a multicultural and multi-sector coalition dedicated to reaching racial, gender and economic equity in North Central Massachusetts.
Born Feb. 28, 1947 in New Castle, Pa., Ford moved to Fitchburg in 1966. Ford studied at Mount Wachusett Community College and the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.