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Owens, Major


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  • Fuller Name

    • Major Robert Odell

  • Additional Information

    • Birth Date

        1936-06-28

    • Death Date

        2013-10-21

    • Has Affiliation

        • Affiliation Start: 19830103
        • Affiliation End: 20070103
        • Source: Biographical directory of the United States Congress, viewed Oct. 22, 2013
        • Organization: United States. Congress. House

    • Has Affiliation

        • Source: Biographical directory of the United States Congress, viewed Oct. 22, 2013
        • Organization: Democratic Party (U.S.)

    • Birth Place

        Collierville (Tenn.)

    • Associated Language

        English

    • Occupation

      Legislators

      Librarians

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  • Sources

    • found: The peacock elite, 2011:t.p. (Major Owens, United States congressman, 11th congressional district, Brooklyn, New York)
    • found: Wikipedia, July 13, 2011(Major Robert Odell Owens, b. June 28, 1936; member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 11th district, in office 1983-2007)
    • found: New York times (online), viewed Oct. 22, 2013(Major R. Owens: b. Major Robert Odell Owens, June 28, 1936, Collierville, Tenn.; d. Monday [Oct. 21, 2013], Manhattan, aged 77; former librarian who went to Congress from Brooklyn and remained there for 24 years, fighting for more federal aid for education and other liberal causes)
    • found: African American National Biography, accessed March 17, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Owens, Major Robert Odell; librarian, civil rights activist, state legislator, U.S. representative; born 28 June, 1936 in Collierville, Tennessee, United States; bachelor's degree in mathematics from Morehouse College, Atlanta (1956); master's degree in Library Science, Atlanta University (1957); worked at Brooklyn Public Library; was chairman of Brooklyn chapter of Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) and headed the Brooklyn Rent Strike Coordinating Committee (1964); founder of Brooklyn Freedom Democratic Party (BFDP); creator and leader of Brownsville Community Council (1965); commissioner at the city's Community Development Agency (CDA) (1968); won a New York state senate seat representing Brownsville (1974-1982); was elected to Congress (1984) and became a member of Education and Workforce and Government Reform committees and the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC); was reelected to Congress (2000, 2002, 2004); died 21 October, 2013 in Manhattan, New York, United States)

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  • Change Notes

    • 2011-07-13: new
    • 2015-09-02: revised

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