Vernon L. Odom, Sr. was an American civil rights leader. He was born in Biscoe, Arkansas, on June 9, 1921 to Dr. Elijah and Ada Odom. His father was born into slavery in 1859 and later became a physician. In 1949, he graduated from Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia. Thereafter he earned a master's degree in social work from Atlanta University.
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1921
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1996 (aged 74)
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