Gregory, Dick
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Name (Hebrew)
גרגורי, דיק
Name (Latin)
Gregory, Dick
Other forms of name
Gregory, Richard Claxton
Date of birth
1932-10-12
Date of death
2017-08-19
Place of birth
Saint Louis (Mo.)
Place of death
Washington (D.C.)
Associated country
United States
Associate group
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
United States. Army
Occupation
Comedians
Civil rights workers
Essayists
Politicians
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
Biographical or Historical Data
b. 1932
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Sources of Information
- African American National Biography, accessed via The Oxford African American Studies Center online database, July 27, 2014:(Gregory, Dick; Richard Claxton Gregory; comedian, civil rights activist, essayist, nutritionist; born 12 Oct. 1932 in St. Louis, Missouri, United States; dropped out from Southern Illinois University, was drafted into the army; after leaving the army, moved to Chicago, worked as master of ceremonies at a nightclub and within three years was considered one of the funniest comedians; in 1964 flew to Moscow to protest the treatment of black soldiers; in 1967 ran unsuccessfully for mayor of Chicago (1967) and for president of the United States (1968); hosted his own radio show in Washington, D.C.; in 2000 he was honored at the Kennedy Center and was inducted into Southern Illinois University's Athletic Hall of Fame)
- Info. converted from 678, 2012-10-02(b. 1932)
- The essential Dick Gregory, 2022:title page (Dick Gregory)
- His From the back of the bus, 1962.
- New York times WWW site, viewed Aug. 21, 2017(in obituary published Aug. 19: Dick Gregory; b. Richard Claxton Gregory, Oct. 12, 1932, St. Louis; d. Saturday [Aug. 19, 2017], Washington, aged 84; pioneering satirist who transformed cool humor into a barbed force for civil rights in the 1960s, then veered from his craft for a life devoted to protest and fasting in the name of assorted social causes, health regimens, and conspiracy theories)