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elleng

(130,865 posts) Mon Jul 5, 2021, 01:33 AM Jul 2021

*The One and Only Dick Gregory. (ShowTime now, ch. 545.)

In the 1960s, Black entertainer Dick Gregory stood on the front lines of the civil rights movement, relying on his natural outspokenness to draw attention to the struggles of minorities

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*The One and Only Dick Gregory. (ShowTime now, ch. 545.) (Original Post) elleng Jul 2021 OP

He came to speak at my college in 1970. He was a mesmerizing speaker DFW Jul 2021 #1

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1. He came to speak at my college in 1970. He was a mesmerizing speaker

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Mon Jul 5, 2021, 07:36 PM

Jul 2021

I met him later on in an airplane. Great guy, but you could tell he always had a lot on his mind.

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