Dick Gregory

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.”

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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.