Comedian Dick Gregory, Host Amy Goodman (DemocracyNow.org, Aug. 21, 2017); Ashley Wells, Dhr. Seven, Seth Auberon, CC Liu, (eds), Wisdom Quarterly
Dick Gregory in his own words: Remembering the pioneering comedian and civil rights activist
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| I don't like this black guy, troublemaker. |
- Dick Gregory was a pioneering comedian and civil rights activist who passed away on Aug. 19, 2017, age 84.
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| Democracy Now! Host Amy Goodman |
"We lost a king. They’ll never be another. Read his books. Look him up you won’t be disappointed. Unfortunately the America that produced Dick Gregory still exists."
Dick Gregory was the first African-American comedian to sit on the couch of The Tonight Show, then hosted by Jack Parr [before Johnny Carson got the job]. As his popularity grew, so did his activism.
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| ARCHIVES: Dick Gregory LIVE in 2002 |
In 1967, Dick Gregory ran for mayor of Chicago against the infamous Richard Daley. He was a close friend of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., and in 1968 he ran for president against Richard Nixon.
Dr. Greg Carr, chair of Afro-American Studies at Howard University and a friend of Gregory, described him as a perpetual student. “His intellectual capacity was honed to precision with a lifetime of deep study,” Carr told Diverse Magazine.
Democracy Now! features Dick Gregory in his own words in a 2002 interview with the comedian in DN's old firehouse studio. He was first interviewed just months after Democracy Now! went on television. More + Transcript
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