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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 name=obit>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 name=obit>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 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==