Draft:Adrian Dove
American political activist (1934–)
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Adrian Dove (English: /ˈeɪdriənˈdʌv/ AY-dree-ən-DUV) born August 31, 1934[1] is an American civil rights leader, political activist, event producer and businessman. He was the Chairman of the Congress of Racial Equality Cohort Alliance,[2] and the chairman and CEO of the Los Angeles Kingdom Day Parade, the nation's largest and longest running celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.[3]
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August 31, 1934
Dr Adrian Dove, PhD | |
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| Born | Adrian Dove August 31, 1934 Dallas, Texas, U.S. |
| Occupation | Civil rights leader |
| Known for | Congress of Racial Equality |
| Children | 2 |
Early life
Born in Dallas, Texas, he moved to California as a child, escaping segregation in the South to find opportunity in Watts-Willowbrook, California. He has shared stories about his early life in Dallas before his family relocated to the West Coast. As a child, he rode the segregated street car home, from North Dallas Catholic School for the Colored. He removed a “Whites Only” sign posted blatantly in his face, before his family moved to Watts-Willowbrook, California seeking relief from racial discrimination.
Education
Dr Dove attended Compton High School from 1957 to 1961. He pursued his bachelor's degree at Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science from 1962 to 1966. He pursued his Doctor of Philosophy at Harvard University from 1967 to 1971.
He was a trained dancer and joined a mamba dance troupe, accompanying the Damaso Perez Prado band, traveled with them to Havana, at the threshold of the Cuban Revolution, where he met Che Guevara and brothers Fidel and Raul Castro.
He served as President of the Black Student Union at Harvard University.
Career
He spent three years at California Institution for Men as parole agent, and three more on the streets in Watts and East L.A. as parole officer. For all six years he worked in the California State Penitentiary, and as a parole officer in Watts, Los Angeles.
A CORE Junior Member at the time, he followed Dr. King down South as a Freedom Fighter, registering voters in Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina.
As a Korean War Army Veteran, Dr. Dove learned how to shoot a bazooka. He arrived in Korea the day the war ended.
He participated in creating the federal Office of Minority Business.
He invented a reverse-biased IQ test which Black people passed, and white people failed, called the Chitling Test, drawing the attention of California Governor Pat Brown.
After shifting career focus to Washington, DC in 1966, Dr. Dove invented the Philadelphia Job Plan for Minority Employment, for which he was recognized and transferred to the EXOP White House as Civil Rights Specialist.