Shame - Dick Gregory

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2014
THE AUTHOR - DICK GREGORY
BIRTHDAY: October 12, 1932
BIRTH PLACE: Missouri
AGE: 81 years old
BIRTH SIGN: Libra

ABOUT
Nightclub comedian, political activist, and nutritional consultant known just as much for his comedy as he is for his political message on civil rights.
BEFORE FAME
He pursued comedy at the urging of his commanding officer in the Army, where he won several Army talent shows. He later performed as a comedian in small, primarily black-patronized nightclubs while working for the United States Postal Service during the daytime. His first TV appearance was on the late night The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar.
TRIVIA FACT
He has a political and civil rights message in his comedy, and he was one of the first to perform to black and white audiences, working at the Chicago Playboy Club.
FAMILY LIFE
He married Lillian Smith in 1959 and they had ten children together. He has been criticized for being an absentee father.

BYOGRAPHY
Dick Gregory was on the frontline in the sixties during the Civil Rights Era; today he continues to be a "drum major for justice and equality."

Gregory, Richard Claxton 'Dick' (Born, October 12, 1932, St. Louis, Mo.), African American comedian and civil rights activist whose social satire changed the way white Americans perceived African American comedians since he first performed in public. Dick Gregory entered the national comedy scene in 1961 when Chicago's Playboy Club (as a direct request from publisher Hugh Hefner) booked him as a replacement for white comedian, 'Professor' Irwin Corey.

Gregory's activism continued into the 21st Century. In response to published allegations that the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) had supplied cocaine to predominantly