Mark Comfort

Mark Everett Comfort (February 6, 1934 – November 6, 1976) was a community activist who worked in early Oakland grassroots civil rights movements in the 1960s, before moving to Lowndes County, Alabama. In 1966, Mark Comfort was a candidate for the State Assembly and finished 4th in a field of nine in a campaign run almost entirely without funds. The ODAC and BPP worked together and would follow police after blacks were arrested and follow them to the police station and would often bail them out as well. The Mandate read:

Mark Comfort

Mark Everett Comfort (February 6, 1934 – November 6, 1976) was a community activist who worked in early Oakland grassroots civil rights movements in the 1960s, before moving to Lowndes County, Alabama. In 1966, Mark Comfort was a candidate for the State Assembly and finished 4th in a field of nine in a campaign run almost entirely without funds. The ODAC and BPP worked together and would follow police after blacks were arrested and follow them to the police station and would often bail them out as well. The Mandate read: