A documentary film was made about O'Dell called The Issue of Mr. O’Dell (2018) that was directed and produced by Rami Katz. O'Dell died in October 2019 at the age of 96. References Other resources Kenneth R. Timmerman. Shakedown: Exposing the real Jesse Jackson (2002). Regnery Publishing, Inc. Diane McWhorter. Carry Me Home: Birmingham, Alabama, the Climactic Battle of the Civil Rights Revolution (2001). Simon & Schuster. Michael Zweig, ed. Jack O'Dell: The Urgency of Now (2005). State University of New York, Stony Brook, Department of Economics. External links Seven Questions: Jack O'Dell and Jane Power. Retrieved January 28, 2006 Subversives: Stories from the Red Scare. Lesson by Ursula Wolfe-Rocca at the Zinn Education Project (Jack O'Dell is featured in this lesson). African-American activists Activists for African-American civil rights American anti-racism activists Activists from Detroit African-American non-fiction writers Pacifica Foundation people Members of the Communist Party USA United States Merchant Mariners of World War II African Americans in World War II Military personnel from Detroit 1923 births 2019 deaths African-American Catholics Roman Catholic activists