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==Background==
==Background==
Pendleton was born in [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]] in Ouachita Parish, to Joseph Anthony Pendleton, Sr., and the former Velda Leola Long. He was educated in the [[Segregation|segregated]] public schools in Monroe. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the predominantly black Dillard University in [[New Orleans]]. Thereafter, he entered the school of dentistry at Meharry Medical College in [[Nashville]], [[Tennessee]], which most black dentists in the American South then attended. He received the [[Doctor of Dental Surgery]] degree.<ref>Pendleton obituary, ''The Shreveport Times,'' January 18, 2019}}</ref>
Pendleton was born in [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]] in Ouachita Parish, to Joseph Anthony Pendleton, Sr., and the former Velda Leola Long. He was educated in the [[Segregation|segregated]] public schools in Monroe. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the predominantly black Dillard University in [[New Orleans]]. Thereafter, he entered the school of dentistry at Meharry Medical College in [[Nashville]], [[Tennessee]], which most black dentists in the American South then attended. He received the Doctor of Dental Surgery degree.<ref>Pendleton obituary, ''The Shreveport Times,'' January 18, 2019.}}</ref>
In November 1956, Pendleton entered the [[U.S. Air Force]] with the rank of captain. He served for six years. He resigned his commission as a dental officer with the rank of lieutenant colonel. He and his wife, the former Barbara Chocolate (also born 1931), a Shreveport native, then took over the former dental practice of the civil rights activist, Cuthbert Ormond "C. O." Simpkins, Sr.] who left Shreveport when his life was threatened. Pendleton maintained the dental practice for forty-seven years. The Pendletons were married for fifty-two years and had two children, both doctors. Dr. Simpkins returned to Shreveport in 1988 and ran unsuccessfully for [[mayor]] in 1990. He was defeated in the [[general election]] by the white [[Republican Party|Republican]] Hazel Fain Beard, a city council member and businesswoman from southwestern Shreveport. Thereafter, Simpkins served a term from 1992 to 1996 in the Louisiana House of Representatives.
In November 1956, Pendleton entered the [[U.S. Air Force]] with the rank of captain. He served for six years. He resigned his commission as a dental officer with the rank of lieutenant colonel. He and his wife, the former Barbara Chocolate (also born 1931), a Shreveport native, then took over the former dental practice of the civil rights activist, Cuthbert Ormond "C. O." Simpkins, Sr.] who left Shreveport when his life was threatened. Pendleton maintained the dental practice for forty-seven years. The Pendletons were married for fifty-two years and had two children, both doctors. Dr. Simpkins returned to Shreveport in 1988 and ran unsuccessfully for [[mayor]] in 1990. He was defeated in the [[general election]] by the white [[Republican Party|Republican]] Hazel Fain Beard, a city council member and businesswoman from southwestern Shreveport. Thereafter, Simpkins served a term from 1992 to 1996 in the Louisiana House of Representatives.
==Civil rights activism==
==Civil rights activism==