Dick Gregory, who became the first black stand-up comic to break the color barrier in major nightclubs in the early 1960s, a decade in which he satirized segregation and race relations in his act and launched his lifetime commitment to civil rights and other social justice issues, died Saturday….
Source: Morningcall
Dick Gregory, groundbreaking comedian and activist who ran for Chicago mayor, dies at 84
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