In a career that has spanned nearly 60 years, comedian, political activist and social critic Dick Gregory has had many lives. He started out in the 1950’s as a comedian and MC and eventually toplining at the Playboy Club in Chicago. He was soon discovered by TV talent scouts, and became a regular fixture on TV talk shows throughout the 60’s. Long before Chris Rock or Richard Pryor, Gregory’s humor was searing and cutting edge, dealing with topics such as racism and other social ills, but with his own patented barbed wit.
However, producers treated him, as well as other black performers on the shows at the time, as hired help, and would not let him sit down with the various talk show hosts…
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