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  • Comment: The citations used are from drastically different dates (demonstrating persistent coverage), so I am not sure this meets WP:BLP1E. PigeonChickenFish (talk) 08:25, 28 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Comment: The only in-depth coverage is about the kidnapping so meets WP:BLP1E/WP:BIO1E. Maybe the event was notable if it received lasting coverage in the national/regional media (i.e. Kidnapping of Pete Rydolph). S0091 (talk) 20:17, 24 April 2023 (UTC)

Pete Rydolph (April 19, 1888 – 1980) was an American rancher, oilman, and kidnapping victim.[1] He was the first Black millionaire in Victoria County, Texas.[2] Rydolph gained national press when he was kidnapped in May 1954 as part of an attempted extortion, in which he was forced to pose nude in photos with three white women and was blackmailed for US $30,000.[2][3][4]

Rydolph born in McFaddin, Texas. He served during World War I. He belonged to the NAACP. He was also a member of the Victoria County Farm Bureau and the Texas and Southwestern Cattlemen's Association. He owned 3,200 acres, oil wells, and livestock that included cattle and goats.

Rydolph was African American and involved in the NAACP.[2]

https://books.google.com/books?id=v78DAAAAMBAJ&dq=pete+rydolph&pg=PA18

One of the kidnappers was sentenced to 35 years in prison.[5]

https://law.justia.com/cases/texas/court-of-criminal-appeals/1956/27975-3.html

References

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  • O'Connor, Louise S. (1989). Cryin' for daylight : a ranching culture in the Texas Coastal Bend. p. 10. ISBN 978-0-9624821-0-6.
  • "Kidnap Case Victim: Pete Rydolph Dead at 92". The Victoria Advocate. July 12, 1980. p. 10.
  1. ^ Federal Register. Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration. August 1979. p. 51314.
  2. ^ a b c "Some black history facts". The Victoria Advocate. January 31, 2011. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
  3. ^ "Kidnapped Millionaire Forced". Jet. 6 (4). Johnson Publishing Company: 18. 1954-06-03. ISSN 0021-5996.
  4. ^ "Pete Rydolph Kidnapping". The Victoria Advocate. 1954-05-18. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
  5. ^ "Jet". Johnson Publishing Company. 2 June 1955.