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==Early career==

==Early career==

As a member of the [[Communist Party USA]], Oneil Cannon became the education director in the Southern California District, and a member of the Party’s Southern California and National Central Committees.  Cannon was committed to electing Black and Latino representatives at all levels of government. He helped to elect  [[Maxine Waters]], Diane Watson,and [[Karen Bass]].  Cannon's obituary in the official [[CPUSA]] ''[[People's World]]'' read, "Cannon campaigned for [[Barack Obama]] in 2008, and wept with joy along with millions of others when he was elected. He died peacefully, wearing one of his Obama T-shirts.""<ref>[http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/oneil-cannon-longtime-communist-centenarian/ PW Oneil Cannon, longtime Communist, centenarian], February 15, 2017, SPECIAL TO PEOPLESWORLD.ORG</ref>  Bass eulogized Cannon on the floor of the U.S. House:

As a member of the [[Communist Party USA]], Oneil Cannon became the education director in the Southern California District, and a member of the Party’s Southern California and National Central Committees.  Cannon was committed to electing Black and Latino representatives at all levels of government. He helped to elect  [[Maxine Waters]], Diane Watson,and Karen Bass.  Cannon's obituary in the official [[CPUSA]] ''[[People's World]]'' read, "Cannon campaigned for [[Barack Obama]] in 2008, and wept with joy along with millions of others when he was elected. He died peacefully, wearing one of his Obama T-shirts.""<ref>[http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/oneil-cannon-longtime-communist-centenarian/ PW Oneil Cannon, longtime Communist, centenarian], February 15, 2017, SPECIAL TO PEOPLESWORLD.ORG</ref>  Bass eulogized Cannon on the floor of the U.S. House:

{{quotebox|Mr. Speaker, I would like to honor the life and memory of my friend and mentor, Oneil Marion Cannon, who passed away on January 20, days before his 100th birthday....Oneil was instrumental in supporting my own work as a [[community organizer]] early in my life, and without his help my life would have taken a very different path...I would like to salute Oneil Cannon for his longstanding commitment  to serving and uplifting others, and for a century of fighting to make  the world a better place.''<ref>HON. KAREN BASS OF CALIFORNIA IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Monday, January 30, 2017</ref>}}

{{quotebox|Mr. Speaker, I would like to honor the life and memory of my friend and mentor, Oneil Marion Cannon, who passed away on January 20, days before his 100th birthday....Oneil was instrumental in supporting my own work as a [[community organizer]] early in my life, and without his help my life would have taken a very different path...I would like to salute Oneil Cannon for his longstanding commitment  to serving and uplifting others, and for a century of fighting to make  the world a better place.''<ref>HON. KAREN BASS OF CALIFORNIA IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Monday, January 30, 2017</ref>}}