I wanted to add to this conversation because there was a piece regarding
Dick Gregory on Unauthorized Disclosure that I heard this morning. I do
think that Carl's and Roger's posts have sold him short. There was an
amazing interview with Dick Gregory held in 1964 on a public radio station
in which he responded to the interviewer's rather naïve questions, with
excellent imply phrased explanations of what it means to be black in America
and also, some predictions about the reactions of white people as they begin
to comprehend that they are a minority of the world's population with less
power than they're accustomed to. There was also an excellent little stand
up comedy bit about what it was like for a black person to order food in a
restaurant in the South. Additionally, Gregory has a history of working for
a variety of causes of which you would approve, starting in the 70's.
Miriam