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July 15, 1948

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South Beaten on Race Issue As Rights Plank Is Widened; CONVENTION FIRMS CIVIL RIGHTS PLANK

By C. P. Trussellspecial To the New York Times

PHILADELPHIA, July 14 -- The Democratic National Convention, by a roaring voice vote, committed its party today to what was called a straightaway Roosevelt-Truman platform for 1948. In scenes of emotional demonstration, with Southern Democrats pleading rather than demanding as Northern liberals were firmly in the saddle, the document was changed at only one point.

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Notable Births

Twinkle (singer)

1948Twinkle, English singer-songwriter (died 2015)[†]

Lynn Annette Ripley, better known by the stage name Twinkle, was an English singer-songwriter. She had chart success in the 1960s with her songs "Terry" and "Golden Lights".

1948Dimosthenis Kourtovik, Greek anthropologist and critic[†]

Dimosthenis Kourtovik is a Greek writer, literary critic and anthropologist. He studied biology in Athens and West Germany and specialized later on physical anthropology. In 1986 he obtained a doctoral degree from the University of Wroclaw, Poland, with a thesis on the evolution of human sexuality.

Artimus Pyle

1948Artimus Pyle, American rock drummer and songwriter[†]

Thomas Delmer "Artimus" Pyle is an American musician who played drums with the Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd from 1974 to 1977 and from 1987 to 1991. He and his bandmates were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2006.

Notable Deaths

John J. Pershing

1948John J. Pershing, American general (born 1860)[†]

General of the Armies John Joseph Pershing, nicknamed "Black Jack", was an American army general, educator, and founder of the Pershing Rifles. He served as the commander of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) during World War I from 1917 to 1920. In addition to leading the AEF to victory in World War I, Pershing served as a mentor to many in the generation of generals who led the United States Army during World War II, including George C. Marshall, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Omar Bradley, Lesley J. McNair, George S. Patton, and Douglas MacArthur.