ACTIVIST, COMEDIAN DICK GREGORY SPEAKS TO NAACP CONVENTION
Comedian and activist Dick Gregory speaks to the NAACP's 2006 convention at the Washington Convention Center on July 18, 2006. (UPI Photo/Roger L. Wollenberg)
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., June 4 (UPI) -- U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Wednesday the link between rising oil prices and inflation had weakened in the past 40 years.
UPI Almanac for Friday, Oct. 12, 2007.
AURORA, Ill., Jan. 14 (UPI) -- Comedian, author and activist Dick Gregory will speak in tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on the U.S. holiday honoring the slain civil rights leader.
UPI almanac for Thursday, Oct. 12, 2006.
Today is Wednesday, Oct. 12, the 285th day of 2005 with 80 to follow.
MILWAUKEE, July 9 (UPI) -- Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett welcomed 10,000 people drawn to the city Saturday by the NAACP convention.
Today is Tuesday, Oct. 12, the 286th day of 2004 with 80 to follow.
WASHINGTON, July 20 (UPI) -- Rep. Joe Hoeffel. D-Pa., and comedian-activist Dick Gregory were arrested Tuesday during a protest at the Sudanese embassy in Washington.
A woman detained by security guards for a burglary escaped via a 10th-floor window of a Times Square building in New York City and survived.
