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==Association with Martin Luther King==

==Association with Martin Luther King==

In 1960, [[John F. Kennedy]]'s presidential campaign put O'Dell in charge of its “get-out-the-vote” campaign in the Bronx,<ref>Paul Buhle, “[http://monthlyreview.org/2011/05/01/the-jack-odell-story/ The Jack O’Dell Story], ''Monthly Review'', Volume 63, Issue 1 (May 2011)</ref> and O'Dell worked as a volunteer for the Reverend Dr. [[Matin Luther King]]'s Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). The following year, King hired him to manage the SCLC's mass-mailing and fund-raising office. In January 1962, O'Dell was placed on the SCLC board of directors by Dr. King's “most influential white counselor, ”<ref>David J. Garrow, "[https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2002/07/the-fbi-and-martin-luther-king/302537/ The FBI and Martin Luther King]," ''The Atlantic'', July/August 2002</ref> the secret Communist [[Stanley Levison]].<ref>Allan Ryskind, “[http://humanevents.com/2006/02/24/jfk-and-rfk-were-right-to-wiretap-mlk/ JFK and RFK Were Right to Wiretap MLK],”  ''Human Events'', February 24, 2006</ref> O'Dell was director of the SCLC's Harlem office and Voter Education Project, director of voter registration in seven southern states, and director of its Citizenship Education Program.

In 1960, [[John F. Kennedy]]'s presidential campaign put O'Dell in charge of its “get-out-the-vote” campaign in the Bronx,<ref>Paul Buhle, “[http://monthlyreview.org/2011/05/01/the-jack-odell-story/ The Jack O’Dell Story], ''Monthly Review'', Volume 63, Issue 1 (May 2011)</ref> and O'Dell worked as a volunteer for the Reverend Dr. [[Martin Luther King]]'s Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). The following year, King hired him to manage the SCLC's mass-mailing and fund-raising office. In January 1962, O'Dell was placed on the SCLC board of directors by Dr. King's “most influential white counselor, ”<ref>David J. Garrow, "[https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2002/07/the-fbi-and-martin-luther-king/302537/ The FBI and Martin Luther King]," ''The Atlantic'', July/August 2002</ref> the secret Communist [[Stanley Levison]].<ref>Allan Ryskind, “[http://humanevents.com/2006/02/24/jfk-and-rfk-were-right-to-wiretap-mlk/ JFK and RFK Were Right to Wiretap MLK],”  ''Human Events'', February 24, 2006</ref> O'Dell was director of the SCLC's Harlem office and Voter Education Project, director of voter registration in seven southern states, and director of its Citizenship Education Program.

In March 1962, Attorney General of the United States [[Robert Kennedy]] suggested that the FBI wiretap Martin Luther King's telephones. The following month, King was invited to the White House, where the President and Attorney General each urged him to fire Levison and O'Dell. In October 1962, Robert F. Kennedy signed an order authorizing the FBI to proceed with the wiretap. O'Dell was slated to be promoted to SCLC Executive Director, when King fired him in 1963.<ref>Paul Buhle, “[http://monthlyreview.org/2011/05/01/the-jack-odell-story/ The Jack O’Dell Story], ''Monthly Review'', Volume 63, Issue 1 (May 2011)</ref>

In March 1962, Attorney General of the United States [[Robert Kennedy]] suggested that the FBI wiretap Martin Luther King's telephones. The following month, King was invited to the White House, where the President and Attorney General each urged him to fire Levison and O'Dell. In October 1962, Robert F. Kennedy signed an order authorizing the FBI to proceed with the wiretap. O'Dell was slated to be promoted to SCLC Executive Director, when King fired him in 1963.<ref>Paul Buhle, “[http://monthlyreview.org/2011/05/01/the-jack-odell-story/ The Jack O’Dell Story], ''Monthly Review'', Volume 63, Issue 1 (May 2011)</ref>