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The essential Dick Gregory / Dick Gregory ; edited by Christian Gregory.

Van Pelt Library PN2287.G68 A25 2022
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Gregory, Dick, author.
Contributor:
Gregory, Christian, editor.
Standardized Title:
Works. Selections. 2022
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Gregory, Dick.
African Americans--Civil rights.
African Americans.
United States--Social conditions--20th century.
United States.
African American entertainers--Biography.
African American entertainers.
Civil rights workers--United States--Biography.
Civil rights workers.
Comedians--United States--Biography.
Comedians.
Physical Description:
xvi, 267 pages ; 24 cm
Edition:
First edition.
Place of Publication:
New York, NY : Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2022]
Summary:
This generation-defining collection of thought-provoking, agitating and liberating writings takes readers on a breathtaking tour through the life of one of America's most prophetic and relevant cultural icons who gave up a lucrative entertainment career to fight injustice on the front line of battle.
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: pt. I THE BODY (1932
1960)
1803: North Taylor
Developing His Gifts
Navigating a Wider World
Lil
No Business Like Show Business
Breakthrough
pt. II THE MIND (1961
1970)
Congressional Testimony on Discrimination in the Performing Arts (October 30, 1962)
Interview with Ralph Gleason, KPFA Radio (May 25, 1963)
Speech at St. John's Baptist Church, Birmingham (May 10, 1963)
Medgar
Selma Speeches (October 1963)
Freedom Summer: Interview with Ramparts Magazine (June 1964)
Interview with Larry Wilde, Great Comedians Talk About Comedy
Malcolm
Speech at Vietnam Day, University of California, Berkeley (May 21-23 1965)
Martin
Cointelpro
Write Me In
Imagine: Bed-In for Peace, Montreal (June 1, 1969)
pt. III THE SPIRIT (1971
2017)
My Answer to Genocide (October 1971)
The Circuit: UCLA Speech (January 27, 1972)
From Stand-Up Comic to Lie-Down Martyr (August 15, 1972)
Caught in the Act: Final Nightclub Performance (August 5, 1973)
The JFK Assassination: Good Night America (March 6, 1975)
A Winning Formula
Amandla Festival, Harvard Stadium, Boston (July 21, 1979)
Iran Hostage Crisis: Press Conference at Logan Airport, Boston (September 9, 1980)
Pilgrim in Search of Liberation: Message Magazine (March/April 1981)
"Something Must Be Wrong": Address at the Cleveland City Club (March 18, 1983)
Hard on the Outside, Soft on the Inside, but Willing to Stick His Neck Out / Christian Gregory.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-262).
ISBN:
9780062879202
0062879200
OCLC:
1347188287

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