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What happened to Dick Gregory to change his thoughts about life
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Enters the Southern Illinois University on an athletic scholarship in 1951
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Was named the university’s outstanding student athlete in 1953
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Leaves college to join the U.S. Army in 1953
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Was drafted in the army 1954
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In 1963 he was jailed in Birmingham
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Writes the book Nigger (An autobiography) in 1964
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Dick Gregory runs for mayor
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Dick Gregory runs for President
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Announces a vow of celibacy
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Was the fifth annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. guest ship speaker at Elmhurst College
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In 1999 his doctors diagnosed him with lymphoma
