Google Alert - Dick Gregory

	Dick Gregory Daily update ⋅ December 28, 2017
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	Dick Gregory, Legendary Comic, Put Civil Rights Above All Else New York Times You have to read the Congo papers and see where they're calling Mort Sahl the white Dick Gregory." The stand-up W. Kamau Bell says: "That line about Ginger Rogers did everything Astaire did, but backwards? Dick Gregory did everything that Lenny Bruce did, but black." In fact, he did more than Bruce ... Flag as irrelevant
	Dick Gregory New York Times If you scan the thousands of pages of Richard Claxton Gregory's F.B.I. file the way he scanned newspapers and magazines, mining information for material for his comedy, you will find yourself constantly landing on "racial matter" — a phrase preferred by the agency. The file tracks the rare trajectory of a ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Year In Race: Saying Goodbye NPR The world lost a lot of notable people this year, and it feels as if they're departing even more quickly as the year runs out. Activist/humanitarian Dick Gregory, actress/singer Della Reese, musicians Fats Domino, Al Jarreau, Geri Allen and Dave Valentin were all well-known names. So was journalist Roger ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Lives They Lived New York Times ... file includes a warning from someone who was clearly afraid of this empowerment — so much so that he sent his concerns directly to J. Edgar Hoover by telegram: "I ADVOCATE AND ENCOURAGE ALL FBI AGENTS TO GO AFTER DICK GREGORY IN FULL FORCE. LET NOT ANYONE STOP YOU.". Flag as irrelevant
	From the jaws of the Moz Bay Area Reporter Liner notes to the new Morrissey album "Low in High School" (Etienne) tell us it's "dedicated to Dick Gregory (1932-2017)." The African-American comedian and civil rights activist seems a worthy dedicatee, though his connection to the Moz remains obscure. In an unkind remark, Magnetic Fields ... Flag as irrelevant

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