The essential Dick Gregory

Part I: The body (1932-1960). 1803 North Taylor

Developing his gifts

Navigating a wider world

Lil

No business like show business

Breakthrough

Part II: The mind (1961-1970). Congressional testimony on discrimination in the performing arts (October 30, 1962)

Interview with Ralph Gleason, KPFA Radio (May 25, 1963)

Speech at St. John's Baptist Church, Birmingham (May 10, 1963)

Medgar

Selma speeches (October 1963)

Freedom summer: Interview with Larry Wilde, Great comedians talk about comedy

Malcolm

Speech at Vietnam Day, University of California, Berkeley (May 21-23, 1965)

Martin

Cointelpro

Write me in

Imagine: bed-in for peace, Montreal (June 1, 1969)

Part III: The spirit (1971-2017). My answer to genocide (October 1971)

The circuit: UCLA speech (January 27, 1972)

From stand-up comic to lie-down martyr (August 15, 1972)

Caught in the act: Final nightclub performance (August 5, 1973)

The JFK assassination: Good night America (March 6, 1975)

A winning formula

Amandla Festival, Harvard Stadium, Boston (July 21, 1979)

Iran Hostage Crisis: Press conference at Logan Airport, Boston (September 9, 1980)

Pilgrim in search of liberation: Message Magazine (March/April 1981)

Something must be wrong: Address at the Cleveland City Club (Marcy 18, 1983)

Hard on the outside, soft on the inside, but willing to stick his neck out by Christian Gregory.