McKinley Thompson Jr.

Mckinley Thompson Jr. (Nọvemba 8, 1922 - Machị 8, 2006)  bụ onye mbụ na-emepụta ụgbọ ala Afrịka America, na ọ bụ onye izizi America America mbụ rụrụ ọrụ na Ford Motor Company . "The Warrior - Blog - The Henry Ford". www.thehenryford.org. Retrieved December 1, 2020.  Thompson bụ onye nrụpụta na ọgbọ mbụ Ford Bronco, ma bụrụkwa onye mmebe na ọgbọ mbụ Ford Mustang, Ford Thunderbird, na ụgbọ ala ịgba ọsọ Ford GT40 . Ọrụ ya na Ford Motor Company dị afọ 28, site na 1956 ruo 1984.  . The Filson Journal. October 12, 2020. Retrieved December 2, 2020.

 ndabere 
McKinley William Thompson Jr. mụrụ na Queens, New York . Mgbe ọ bụ nwata, o gosipụtara mmasị dị ukwuu n'ụgbọ ala.   Ọ gara ụlọ akwụkwọ sekọndrị Murray Hill na New York City, ebe ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ na 1940. Aller, Henry (April 3, 2016). "McKinley Thompson (1922-2006)". Retrieved December 2, 2020. Na 1941, Thompson sonyeere US Army, ọ jere ozi n'oge WWII dị ka onye nhazi nhazi nhazi nhazi maka ndị agha Signal Corps . Mgbe agha ahụ gasịrị, Thompson rụrụ ọrụ na Signal Corps ruo 1953.   "Designer Spotlight: The First African American Automobile Designer, McKinley Thompson, is hired into Ford by Alex Tremulis in 1956". GYRONAUT X-1: World's Fastest Motorcycle. Retrieved December 2, 2020.

Na 1953, ọ tinyere akwụkwọ na asọmpi scholarship nke a na-akpọ From Dream to Drawing Board to? , maka Art Center College of Design nke akwụkwọ akụkọ Motor Trend kwadoro. Ọ meriri ọnọdụ mbụ n'asọmpi ahụ wee bụrụ onye mbụ Afrịka America ga-aga ụlọ akwụkwọ ahụ.   Thompson gụsịrị akwụkwọ na 1956 wee malite ịrụ ọrụ na Ford Motor Company, nke Alex Tremulis goro.  

 Ford na Bronco 
Na 1956, Thompson malitere ịrụ ọrụ na ihe a maara dị ka Ford's "Advanced Studio" n'okpuru Alex Tremulis ebe Thompson nyere aka ịmepụta ọtụtụ echiche ụgbọ ala. Otu ihe atụ pụtara ìhè bụ Ford Gyron na-arụrịta ụka, nke ekpughere na Detroit Auto Show na 1961.   Na 1962, onye isi obodo Detroit, Jerome Cavanaugh nyere ya onyinye Citizen nke Afọ.  Na 1963, Thompson malitere sket echiche yana ndị ọzọ na-emepụta Ford Bronco, nke ga-eso Jeep CJ-5 dị adị na International Harvester Scout .  Ọ dechara sketị ga-egosi na ọ ga-emetụta atụmatụ ikpeazụ nke ọgbọ mbụ Bronco. "McKinley Thompson Jr., Ford's First African American Designer Followed His Dreams, Made History Helping Pen Original 1966 Bronco". ford.com. February 25, 2020.

 Onye dike 
Thompson tụpụtara echiche na Ford na 1965 maka ụgbọ ala niile, ọ bụ na mbụ ụgbọ ala nke mbụ ga-ejere mba ndị ka na-emepe emepe na Africa ozi.   Ebumnuche bụ isi nke ndị dike bụ iji nyere aka ọganihu nke akụ na ụba, ụgbọ njem, na gboo mkpa dị na mba ụwa nke atọ. McKinley Thompson chere na Warrior bụ ụgbọ ala na-akwụ ụgwọ nke ọma ka e wee mepụta ya n'ọtụtụ, mmepụta nke Warrior ga-enyere mba ụwa nke atọ aka inwe ohere ọrụ. E mere atụmatụ na a ga-eji rọba Royalex mee Warrior. Ford jụrụ ịrụ ọrụ na 1967, mgbe ha kwenyere na ụgbọ ala ahụ agaghị ere nkeji ole na ole iji nweta uru maka ụlọ ọrụ ahụ. Thompson mechara kpebie ịrụ ya n'ime ebe a na-adọba ụgbọala ya. O wuru ihe nlere dabere na Renault R-10 na 1969, wee gaa n'ihu na-arụ ọrụ na prototype n'ime 1970s. Atụmatụ na Warrior kwụsịrị na 1979. 

 Cougar Concept II 
Emebere echiche Cougar II dị ka onye asọmpi pp na Corvette ma emesịa webata ọha na eze na 1963. E gosipụtara Cougar II na Chicago Auto Show n'otu afọ ahụ na afọ abụọ na-esote na ngosi ngosi ngosi New York World's Fair. Cougar II nke a haziri nke ikuku nwere igwe V8, ahụ fiberglass, na oriọna a na-atụgharị. Tụkwasị na nke ahụ, e mere ya na etiti ala Shelby Cobra. N'ikpeazụ, ọ dịghị mgbe arụpụtara ya n'ihi na e kpebisiri ike na ọ ga-efu Ford.  .

 Ọnwụ 
Mgbe ọ lara ezumike nká na Ford na 1984, Thompson kwagara Arizona . Ọ nwụrụ na 83 na Arizona na March 5, 2006 site na ọrịa Parkinson .  

 Ntụaka 
ọma ka e wee mepụta ya n'ọtụtụ, mmepụta nke Warrior ga-enyere mba ụwa nke atọ aka inwe ohere ọrụ. E mere atụmatụ na a ga-akwụkwọ akụkọ Motor Trend kwadoro. Ọ meririAdvanced Studio" n'okpuru Alex Tremulis ebe Thompson