Dick Gregory News

 
Dick Gregory zings at Harlem Renaissance Festival; Chuck Brown is missed
Washington Post (blog)
By DeNeen Brown Legendary comedian Dick Gregory says he's never lied about race. Friday night's gala celebrating the Harlem Renaissance Festival was no time to start, as Gregory told one zinger after the other before a crowd of who's who in Prince ...


 
Dick Gregory Protegé Pens Powerful Occupy Movement Song
BlackNews.com (press release)
Nationwide (May 14, 2012) -- A young musician whose activism and devotion to the Occupy Movement mimic that of his mentor and hero Dick Gregory, has composed a powerful song and video that has energized protestors at past rallies.

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McCaskill receiving extra security after 'kill the Claire Bear' comment
STLtoday.com
Actor, comedian and activist Dick Gregory was the keynote speaker at the event. Photo by Sid Hastings ST. LOUIS • US Sen. Claire McCaskill is receiving extra security after a comment at a recent Tea Party rally that has been construed as a potential ...

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'Feed' debate leads to look at parental notification policy
Greene County Record
Harlow said that in school he had to read Dick Gregory's acclaimed, but controversial autobiography. “I'm not going to even mention the name of it here, because it would be offensive to a great number of society,” Harlow said.


 
Walk of Fame Leaves Impression on Visitors
Patch.com
They include Charles Lindbergh, Ulysses Grant, Harry Caray, Chuck Berry, Dred Scott, Joseph Pulitzer, Betty Grable, Tennessee Williams, Dick Gregory and Lou Brock." Peck wrote that while Janesville doesn't have the great number of celebrities that St.


 
Chuck Brown's band plays in honor of hospitalized Go-Go legend
Washington Post (blog)
Comedian and activist Dick Gregory was on hand and said he also was praying for Brown. He spoke at a workshop before the concert where he talked about significance of the Harlem Renaissance. “The New York Renaissance was important because after slavery ...

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What's 'old' can be new
Evening Observer
Not too many remember great concerts, plays, lectures - including those of Dick Gregory, Eleanor Roosevelt, Oregon Senator Wayne Morse, Random House founder Bennett Cerf, author John Ciardi, Mime Marcel Marceau, and many others.