AKA Richard Claxton Gregory

Born: 12-Oct-1932
Birthplace: St. Louis, MO

Gender: Male
Religion: Baptist [1]
Race or Ethnicity: Black
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Activist, Comic

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Autobiography: NIGGER!

Military service: US Army (discharged 1956)

    High School: Sumner High School, St. Louis, MO
    University: Southern Illinois University (dropped out)

    Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
    Youth International Party
    Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity
    Thomas Merton Award 1974
    St. Louis Walk of Fame
    Hunger Strike Tehran, Iran (1980)
    Civil Disobedience New York City (22-Mar-1999)
    Trespassing Washington, DC (9-May-2001)
    Risk Factors: Lymphoma, Vegetarian

    FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
    The Hot Chick (2-Dec-2002)
    Panther (3-May-1995)

Official Website:
http://www.dickgregory.com/

Author of books:
NIGGER! (1963, autobiography)
From the Back of the Bus (1964)
What's Happening (1965)
The Shadow That Scares Me (1968)
Write Me In (1968)
Callus on My Soul: A Memoir (2000, memoir, with Sheila P. Moses)

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