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Dick Gregory's life
What happened to Dick Gregory to change his thoughts about life -
Starting at a university
Enters the Southern Illinois University on an athletic scholarship in 1951 -
Student athlete?
Was named the university’s outstanding student athlete in 1953 -
Joining the army
Leaves college to join the U.S. Army in 1953 -
Drafted
Was drafted in the army 1954 -
Arrested
In 1963 he was jailed in Birmingham -
Writing books?
Writes the book Nigger (An autobiography) in 1964 -
This town aint big enough
Dick Gregory runs for mayor -
Press coming to Washington
Dick Gregory runs for President -
The Vow!!!!!
Announces a vow of celibacy -
The King
Was the fifth annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. guest ship speaker at Elmhurst College -
Medical History
In 1999 his doctors diagnosed him with lymphoma
