O'Dell, Jack H.
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Born in Detroit, Michigan in 1923, Jack H. O'Dell was an African American Communist organizer in the National Maritime Union who later became head of fund raising and voter registration in several Southern States for the Southern Christian Leadership conference. O'Dell was also an associate editor of "Freedomways" magazine and a faculty member at Antioch College's graduate school of education in Washington, D.C. He joined People United to Save Humanity (Jesse Jackson's Operation PUSH) as a foreign policy adviser in 1976, and was a consultant on international affairs during Rev. Jackson's first presidential bid in 1984. He remains active in peace and social justice issues.
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