Ozell wells biography of martin luther king

 

Maya Boddie | Local & World Editor

Civil rights activist Ozell Sutton died “peacefully” at St. Joseph Hospital in Atlanta Saturday.

Sutton, who celebrated his 90th birthday a week ago, marched alongside Martin Luther King Jr.

in Selma, Alabama in 1965, and was one of the first African-Americans to serve in the Marine Corps.

Not only did Sutton march for equal rights with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., according to The Associated Press, Sutton was also staying in the Lorraine Motel three years later in Memphis, Tenn., where King was assassinated in 1968.

Odell Sutton participated in may civil rights acts throughout the south during the 1950s and 60s.

According to The Arkansas Times, a biography of Sutton at the Arkansas Black Hall of Fame writes that he served as a “decoy” to distract the mob when nine black students attempted to desegregate Central High School in 1957.

An Arkansas native and Philander Smith College graduate, Ozell Sutton received the