Jack O'Dell collection, 1970-1993 (bulk 1988-1992).

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Jack O'Dell collection, 1970-1993 (bulk 1988-1992).

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A selection of papers documenting Jack O'Dell's role as policy adviser to Rev. Jesse Jackson and as director of international affairs for the National Rainbow Coalition in Washington, D.C. during the 1980s. Included are correspondence and notes, conference packets and other material related to the Africa Leadership Forum (1988-1991), the Reparations Conference in Nigeria (Dec. 1990) and Constituency for Africa (1992). Occasional correspondents include Rev. Jesse Jackson, civil rights attorney Clarence B. Jones, Anne Braden of the Southern Conference Educational Fund, historian Manning Marable, Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo and Casa de Las Americas president, Roberto Fernandez Retamar. Also includes a correspondence file for a 1970 Martin Luther King, Jr. documentary film project.

1 lin. ft. (1 record carton)

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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New York Public Library System, NYPL

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