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Line 32: − + − Pendleton and the late Shreveport [[attorney]] Hilary Huckaby, III, formed BULL, which sued in federal court to abolish the former city commission form of municipal government. Under the five-member commission system, the council members were elected at-large. At the time, Shreveport was majority white—it became majority black in the 2000 [[census]] -- and no blacks won any of the commission positions. When an executive mayor and legislative council system was adopted in 1978, blacks began to win seats on the seven-member single-member-district council and later dominated the mayor's office as well.+ − + − + − + − +
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==Civil rights activism==
==Civil rights activism==
In the early 1970s, Pendleton and other black leaders in Shreveport filed suits to establish single-member districts on the Caddo Parish School Board and the Caddo Parish Police Jury (the parish governing body, renamed the Caddo Parish Commission in 1984). As a result, blacks soon gained representation on both public bodies.
In the early 1970s, Pendleton and other black leaders in Shreveport filed suits to establish single-member districts on the Caddo Parish School Board and the Caddo Parish Police Jury (the parish governing body, renamed the Caddo Parish Commission in 1984). As a result, blacks soon gained representation on both public bodies.
With the late [[attorney]] Hilary Huckaby, III, Pendleton worked to establish BULL, which sued in federal court to abolish the former city commission form of municipal government. Under the five-member commission system, the council members were elected at-large. At the time, Shreveport was majority white—it became majority black in the 2000 [[census]] -- and no blacks won any of the commission positions. When an executive mayor and legislative council system was adopted in 1978, blacks began to win seats on the seven-member single-member-district council and later dominated the mayor's office as well.
Dr. Pendleton was appointed by then [[U.S. President]] [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] to the Louisiana State Advisory Committee to the United States Commission on Civil Rights, an investigative body formed through the Civil Rights Act of 1957, which had been signed into law by President [[Dwight Eisenhower]], and guided to Senate passage by then Majority Leader Johnson. Pendleton served on the committee for more than a decade. Pendleton was also active in the Shreveport branch of the [[National Association for the Advancement of Colored People]] and organized the NAACP Youth Council.
Dr. Pendleton was appointed by then [[U.S. President]] [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] to the Louisiana State Advisory Committee to the United States Commission on Civil Rights, an investigative body formed through the Civil Rights Act of 1957, which had been signed into law by President [[Dwight Eisenhower]], and guided to Senate passage by then Majority Leader Johnson. Pendleton served on the committee for more than a decade. Pendleton was also active in the Shreveport branch of the [[National Association for the Advancement of Colored People]] and organized the NAACP Youth Council.
Pendleton was the founder of a Shreveport-area committee which lobbied for the employment of African Americans in the broadcasting industry. Pendleton was the first president of the Caddo Community Action Agency, the anti-poverty program created through the Johnson administration's [[Great Society]]. Pendleton worked with such black leaders as Alphonse J. Jackson (1927-2014), a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives, and the educator Dr. Jesse Nealand Stone, Jr. (1924-2001), to promote civil rights activities.
Pendleton was the founder of a Shreveport-area committee which lobbied for the employment of African Americans in the broadcasting industry. Pendleton was the first president of the Caddo Community Action Agency, the anti-poverty program created through the Johnson administration's [[Great Society]]. Pendleton worked with such black leaders as Alphonse J. Jackson (1927-2014), a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives, and the educator Dr. Jesse Nealand Stone, Jr. (1924-2001), to promote civil rights activities.
The Pendleton-Jackson alliance did not happen without effort. Jackson defeated Pendleton for the Democratic nomination for the House District 2 seat in the Louisiana legislature in a hotly contested runoff primary held on December 18, 1971. Pendleton event sued Jackson in a failed attempt either to reverse the results or to gain a new election.
The Pendleton-Jackson alliance did not happen without effort, for Jackson had defeated Pendleton for the Democratic nomination for the House District 2 seat in the Louisiana legislature in a hotly contested runoff primary held on December 18, 1971. Pendleton had filed suit in a failed attempt either to reverse the results or to gain a new election.
In 2004, Pendleton donated $500 to the presidential primary campaign of [[U.S. Senator]] [[John Kerry]] of [[Massachusetts]] and another $500 to the Democratic National Committee in an effort to halt a second term for U.S. President [[George W. Bush]].
In 2004, Pendleton donated $500 to the presidential primary campaign of [[U.S. Senator]] [[John Kerry]] of [[Massachusetts]] and another $500 to the Democratic National Committee in an effort to halt a second term for U.S. President [[George W. Bush]].