All life so mattered to Dick Gregory that he explained, “Thou shalt not kill means everything with life in it. So, I don’t eat meat.” It was also part and parcel of his activism, appropriate to the current resurgence of hate groups. In that same 1969 address, The Light Side, The Dark Side, his most popular recording, […]
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Venerable activist Dick Gregory offers words of wisdom (updated)
Editor’s Note: Iconic activist and comedian Dick Gregory died August 19, 2017 at the age of 84, according to his family. We are republishing this story about Gregory’s visit to the Twin Cities in honor of his memory and legacy. The story was originally published in November of 2014. ‘Library of Black radical thought’ shared insights on sundry […]