*We’ve just leaned of the hospitalization of Dick Gregory. The news about the 84-year-old legendary comedian/activist was posted on Facebook by his son, Christian Gregory. Even though he wasn’t ...

Over the Thanksgiving holiday in 1969, the comedian and activist Dick Gregory came to the Boston Common to participate in a ...

EXCLUSIVE: Stand-up comic Greg Fitzsimmons announced today that his new special, Greg Fitzsimmons: You Know Me, will premiere on his YouTube channel on Tuesday, August 27. Filmed at The Comedy ...

While on a trip home to support the annual festivities of the Gateway Classic Sports Foundation in 2009, comedy legend Dick Gregory stopped by a set at The Ambassador to check out a couple of rising ...

ST. LOUIS – Dick Gregory used comedy to address racial tensions in the 1950s and 60s, becoming a pioneer in social satire. Gregory’s journey into activism began at Sumner High School, where he led a ...

Dick Gregory, who became the first black stand-up comic to break the color barrier in major nightclubs in the early 1960s, a decade in which he satirized segregation and race relations in his act and ...

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — A longtime comedian from the metro Atlanta area died Thursday, according to a statement published by the star’s representatives. According to an obituary statement from Nashville ...

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(Reuters) - Dick Gregory, a comedian who lambasted racism and played a prominent role in the 1960s civil rights movement after becoming one of the first black comics to perform for white audiences, ...