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Richard Claxton Gregory (October 12, 1932 – August 19, 2017) was an American comedian, civil rights activist, social critic, writer, conspiracy theorist, entrepreneur,and occasional actor. During the turbulent 1960s, Gregory became a pioneer in stand-up comedy for his "no-holds-barred" sets, in which he mocked bigotry and racism. He performed primarily to black audiences at segregated clubs until 1961, when he became the first black comedian to successfully cross over to white audiences, appearing on television and putting out comedy record albums. "Sounds interesting!"
Too few know
Do you know who you are? There are nine planets to the Universe youjust happen to have nine holes in your body do you think that’s an accident? That’s because you are the Universe, you are nature. You got twenty-six thousand bill...
Do some damn research
The average president of these institutions so damn busy out making fund raising pitches and keeping his finger in somebody’s eye and so damn scared of that board of directors now that’s where the problem comes from on the colleges ...
A little piece of land
First thing you want to do is we got to give you a test. Oh what was ABRAHAM LINCOLN' s mother’s name? What the hell that Indian give a damn about ABRAHAM LINCOLN' s mama? May be we would understand it a little bit better if ...
Negroes in Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama - May 20, 1963 He might have chosen to stay home and protect his lucrative career as a nationally acclaimed comedian, but Dick Gregory was ready to go to jail in Birmingham, Alabama. May 6, 1963, marked the day more nonviolent civil rights pr...
Social Conciousness
Reflections on BrownBOND: Dick Gregory, welcome to Explorations in Black Leadership. GREGORY: Thank you. BOND: I'm going to begin with a few questions about the decision in Brown v. the Board of Education in 1954. You were three years out...
In His own words
AMY GOODMAN: Today, a special broadcast. We remember the pioneering comedian and civil rights activist Dick Gregory. He died on Saturday in Washington, D.C., at the age of 84. In the early 1960s Dick Gregory became one of the most popular comedians in the country and paved the wa...
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