While on a trip home to support the annual festivities of the Gateway Classic Sports Foundation in 2009, comedy legend Dick Gregory stopped by a set at The Ambassador to check out a couple of rising ...

*We’ve just leaned of the hospitalization of Dick Gregory. The news about the 84-year-old legendary comedian/activist was posted on Facebook by his son, Christian Gregory. Even though he wasn’t ...

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ST. LOUIS – Dick Gregory used comedy to address racial tensions in the 1950s and 60s, becoming a pioneer in social satire. Gregory’s journey into activism began at Sumner High School, where he led a ...

(Reuters) - Dick Gregory, a comedian who lambasted racism and played a prominent role in the 1960s civil rights movement after becoming one of the first black comics to perform for white audiences, ...