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==Central Committee of the CPUSA==

==Central Committee of the CPUSA==

In 1950, the NMU finally expelled the Communists from the union, including O'Dell. O'Dell was invited to a conference of the Southern National Youth Congress, an organization completely under the control of the Communist Party,<ref>Spyridon Mitsotakis, “[http://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/140890/red-and-black-tragedy-part-ii-spyridon-mitsotakis Red and Black Tragedy, Part II], FrontPageMagazine.com, August 19, 2012</ref> the members of which included [[Angela Davis]]’s mother, Sallye Bell Davis, and Julian Bond, Sr.<ref>Historical/Biographical Note, [http://dlib.nyu.edu/findingaids/html/tamwag/tam_265/bioghist.html Guide to the Southern Negro Youth Congress FBI Files TAM.265], Elmer Holmes Bobst Library (New York University)</ref>

In 1950, the NMU finally expelled the Communists from the union, including O'Dell. O'Dell was invited to a conference of the Southern National Youth Congress, an organization completely under the control of the Communist Party,<ref>Spyridon Mitsotakis, “[http://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/140890/red-and-black-tragedy-part-ii-spyridon-mitsotakis Red and Black Tragedy, Part II], FrontPageMagazine.com, August 19, 2012</ref> the members of which included [[Angela Davis]]’s mother, Sallye Bell Davis, and [[Julian Bond]], Sr.<ref>Historical/Biographical Note, [http://dlib.nyu.edu/findingaids/html/tamwag/tam_265/bioghist.html Guide to the Southern Negro Youth Congress FBI Files TAM.265], Elmer Holmes Bobst Library (New York University)</ref>

In 1956, O'Dell was called before the [[Senate Internal Security subcommittee]], but refused on grounds of self-incrimination to answer whether or not he was a “communist marine organizer on the Gulf Coast.”<ref>Kenneth R. Timmerman, ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=0Wsc4k_49toC&q=%22communist+marine+organizer+on+the+gulf+coast%22#v=snippet&q=%22communist%20marine%20organizer%20on%20the%20gulf%20coast%22&f=false Shakedown: Exposing the Real Jesse Jackson]'' (Regnery Publishing, 2013) ISBN 1621571025</ref> The following year, O'Dell became a member of the CPUSA National Committee (taking the Party name “Jack,” explained in various stories as his father's name or grandfather's nickname), and with [[Bayard Rustin]] and A. Philip Randolph organized the Youth March for Integrated Schools.<ref>[http://kingencyclopedia.stanford.edu/encyclopedia/encyclopedia/enc_odell_hunter_pitts_jack_1923.1.html O’Dell, Hunter Pitts “Jack” (1923- )], King Encyclopedia (Stanford University)</ref>

In 1956, O'Dell was called before the [[Senate Internal Security subcommittee]], but refused on grounds of self-incrimination to answer whether or not he was a “communist marine organizer on the Gulf Coast.”<ref>Kenneth R. Timmerman, ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=0Wsc4k_49toC&q=%22communist+marine+organizer+on+the+gulf+coast%22#v=snippet&q=%22communist%20marine%20organizer%20on%20the%20gulf%20coast%22&f=false Shakedown: Exposing the Real Jesse Jackson]'' (Regnery Publishing, 2013) ISBN 1621571025</ref> The following year, O'Dell became a member of the CPUSA National Committee (taking the Party name “Jack,” explained in various stories as his father's name or grandfather's nickname), and with [[Bayard Rustin]] and A. Philip Randolph organized the Youth March for Integrated Schools.<ref>[http://kingencyclopedia.stanford.edu/encyclopedia/encyclopedia/enc_odell_hunter_pitts_jack_1923.1.html O’Dell, Hunter Pitts “Jack” (1923- )], King Encyclopedia (Stanford University)</ref>