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==Early life==

==Early life==

O'Dell was born in Detroit, Michigan, where he was raised by his grandmother and grandfather, a janitor at the Detroit public library, and served as an altar boy. His father, George Edwin O'Dell, worked in hotels and restaurants in Detroit, and his mother, Emily O'Dell, studied music at Howard University in Washington, DC, and later taught classical piano.<ref>[http://www.blackpast.org/aah/o-dell-jack-1924 O’Dell, Hunter Pitts "Jack" (1924- )], BlackPast.org</ref> His great-grandfather was a slave who ran away to join the Union army.<ref>D.D. Guttenplan, “[http://www.thenation.com/article/who-jack-odell/ Who Is Jack O’Dell?],” ''The Nation'', August 11, 2014</ref>

O'Dell was born in Detroit, Michigan, where he was raised by his grandmother and grandfather (a janitor at the Detroit public library) and served as an altar boy. His father, George Edwin O'Dell, worked in hotels and restaurants in Detroit, and his mother, Emily O'Dell, studied music at Howard University in Washington, DC, and later taught classical piano.<ref>[http://www.blackpast.org/aah/o-dell-jack-1924 O’Dell, Hunter Pitts "Jack" (1924- )], BlackPast.org</ref> His great-grandfather was a slave who ran away to join the Union army.<ref>D.D. Guttenplan, “[http://www.thenation.com/article/who-jack-odell/ Who Is Jack O’Dell?],” ''The Nation'', August 11, 2014</ref>

==National Maritime Union==

==National Maritime Union==