Dick Gregory
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Dick Gregory Provided Comic Relief During Trying Struggle For Civil Rights
Congresswoman Jackson Lee: “Dick Gregory was a friend to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and a man of courage, who often placed the equality of African Americans ahead of his own professional career.”
Dick Gregory, Civil Rights Activist and Comedian, Dead at 84
Comedian and civil rights activist Dick Gregory, who broke barriers in the 1960s and became one of the first African-Americans to perform at white clubs, died Saturday.