Dick Gregory was born October 12, 1932 in St. Louis, Missouri. He is an African American who is a comedian, social activist, writer, and entrepreneur. Gregory is the first black comedian to successfully perform in front of a black and white crowd. He also was in the arm forces. He started his career after he got out of the arm forces. Dick Gregory has written a lot of books in his life time.
In his life time Gregory has been a very active civil rights activist for the African-Americans in the United States. He started doing things for civil rights in 1960s all across the United States.
Saturday, July 12, 2008
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