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Stand-Up Comedian Dick Gregory

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Born: October 12, 1932

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  • Delivery: 43211
  • Material: 54321
  • Overall: 43210

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43.59%

Won: 398 | Lost: 515

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Videos

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Dick Gregory at State of Black Union 08 Pt.1 - Watch
The Murder Of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr - Part 1 - Dick Gregory and Steve Cokely - Watch
Dick Gregory - Watch

Works

Records

2008 Dick Gregory on Comedy
1997 The Best of Dick Gregory
1985 Best of Comic Relief, Vol. 1

This album is a compilation, featuring multiple comics.

1974 Caught in the Act
1971 At Kent State
1970 Dick Gregory's Frankenstein
1970 Live at the Village Gate
1969 Dick Gregory On:
1969 The Light Side: The Dark Side
1964 Dick Gregory Running for President
1963 The Two Sides of Dick Gregory
1962 Dick Gregory Talks Turkey
1961 East and West
1961 In Living Black and White

Specials (and other video)

2009 Martin Lawrence Presents 1st Amendment Stand Up (Season 4)
Dick Gregory: The Color of Funny

Documentary in development by Robert B. Weide

Books (by and about)

2000 Callus On My Soul: A Memoir
1964 Nigger: An Autobiography

Contributor: Robert Lipsyte

Jokes

I meet so many young folks who say, “If I got to go and die in a war at 18, I want the right to vote at 18.” Don’t be no damn fool. You got to die at 18, you better fight to get the right to vote at 17.

Reviews

generic Dead Frog avatar giantsfreak830 says:
Delivery: 43211
Material: 54321

Before there was Richard Pryor, before there was Bill Cosby, there was Dick Gregory. A leading pioneer in African American stand-up comedy, Gregory was more than jokes, he was social justice. He was...