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EARLY LIFE Jack O'Dell was born in Detroit , Michigan in 1923 . During World War II , he served in the U.S. Merchant Marines . During this time, he joined the National Maritime Union , one of the few racially integrated Labor Unions in the U.S.. COMMUNIST PARTY During the 1950's, Jack O'Dell was a member of the Communist Party U.S.A (CPU.S.A) MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR AND THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT In the late 1950's O'Dell withdrew his membership from CPU.S.A to work in the Civil Rights Movement in the South. He worked with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr . O'Dell was a director of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). JESSE JACKSON Jack O'Dell worked closely with the Rev. Jesse Jackson . He was a senior foreign policy advisor to the "Jesse Jackson for President" campaign in 1984 . He also worked with Jackson as an international affairs consultant to the National Rainbow Coalition TODAY Jack O'Dell lives with his wife, Jane Power , in Vancouver , British Columbia , Canada . REFERENCES Timmerman, Kenneth R. ''Shakedown: Exposing the real Jesse Jackson'' (2002) Regnery Publishing, Inc EXTERNAL LINKS
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