A Henry Ford City

My hometown, Richmond Hill, GA, is home to the Ford Plantation. It was once a vacation home to Henry Ford; now it's a historic landmark with a lot of development around it (it's basically a ritzy neighborhood/resort now - they call it a "sporting community"). Henry Ford turned the backwoods, nothing area (formerly known as Ways Station) into a thriving community. He constructed several public buildings, including a chapel (still standing today) and a school. His farms brought jobs and tons of money to the area. He later renamed the town Richmond Hill. His legacy still thrives in the town today; they constructed a life size statue of him in front of city hall and several developments throughout town are named after him.

Even after living in Richmond Hill for almost my entire life, I never really thought twice about Henry Ford and the fact that everything was named after him. I knew he was the "father of the assembly line" and he made cars... but not much else. But apparently there has been some drama over the past few months back home about the city signs put up in the past year or so that say "Richmond Hill; a Henry Ford City" as you enter town.
A resident, Dick Kent, (who has always been the center on some controversy for as long as I can remember) has been a resident of Richmond Hill for many years. He is a Jewish ex-school board chair and retired military colonel that claims he takes offense to the city endorsing Henry Ford. It's been all over the news lately and has sparked a curiosity in me to read and learn more about him.

Any opinions out there on Henry Ford? Is he an "anti-Semitic, anti-labor, pro-Nazi bigot" or simply a man that helped a small, nothing town flourish into existence?