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Odell Pollard
Odell Pollard (April 29, 1927 - May 12, 2015) was a lawyer and politician in Arkansas. He switched from being a Democrat to becoming a member of the Republican Party. In the 1960s, he chaired the Arkansas Republican Party. In 1967 he addressed the Urban League of Little Rock. He had a law firm in Searcy, Arkansas, for many years and worked to transform Arkansas from Democratic Party domination into two-party state. He was a Rockefeller Republican, liberal Republican and a close ally of Winthrop Rockefeller. He was born in Union Hill, Arkansas. He graduated from University of Arkansas School of Law in 1950. Further reading *“State GOP Elects Pollard Chairman, Hears Caution Plea.” by Mike Barrier ''Arkansas Gazette'', December 11, 1966, pages 1A and 2A. *“New GOP Chairman Was Once a Democrat, Never Voted That Way.” ''Arkansas Gazette'' December 18, 1966, page 24A. *''Agenda for Reform: Winthrop Rockefeller as Governor of Arkansas, 1967–1971'' by Cathy Kunzinger Urwin, Fay ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urban League
The National Urban League, formerly known as the National League on Urban Conditions Among Negroes, is a nonpartisan historic civil rights organization based in New York City that advocates on behalf of economic and social justice for African Americans and against racial discrimination in the United States. It is the oldest and largest community-based organization of its kind in the nation. Its current President is Marc Morial. History The Committee on Urban Conditions Among Negroes was founded in New York City on September 29, 1910, by Ruth Standish Baldwin and Dr. George Edmund Haynes, among others. It merged with the Committee for the Improvement of Industrial Conditions Among Negroes in New York (founded in New York in 1906) and the National League for the Protection of Colored Women (founded in 1905), and was renamed the National League on Urban Conditions Among Negroes. Haynes served as the organization's first Executive Director. In 1918, Eugene K. Jones took the l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
