Comedian, social commentator and activist Dick Gregory talked candidly to Denis Tuohy about comedy, racism, representation and civil rights in 1967. (This clips contains language that reflects the time it was made). You can watch the full interview here - https://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/dick_gregory_interview/znyp6v4 | BBC Archive

Martin Luther King, III talks about the legacy of #DickGregory as a civil rights activist and a friend to him and his father, Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. #PapaPope Joe Morton discussed portraying Dick Gregory in a one-man play titled “Turn Me Loose.” | Roland Martin

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