Dick Gregory Has Passed

instagram ^ | August 19, 2017 | Dick Gregory instagram

[Bobalu]

[plain talk]

In 2008, Gregory stated he believed that air pollution and intentional water contamination with heavy metals such as lead and possibly manganese may be being used against black Americans, especially in urban neighborhoods, and that such factors could be contributing to high levels of violence in black communities.

Not too bright ... but RIP Dick Gregory.

[DLfromthedesert]

He was the first person I voted for President running on the Peace and Freedom Party ticket back in my hippie days.

[Ken Regis]

I met him a long time ago and liked him. I liked his attitude although I didn’t agree with everything he said.

[Morgana]

Singer Prince said the same thing.

Plus remember that tainted water in Chicago in the last two years?

What if this man and Prince was right?

[katana]

Didn’t always agree with him but had a lot of respect for Dick Gregory as someone who stood by his beliefs. RIP.

[plain talk]

You mean what if democrats that run these urban cities were intentionally poisoning their black population? There are definitely people stupid enough to believe that.

[ConservativeMind]

My memory of Dick was that he seemed a decent guy. I haven’t heard his name mentioned in years, though.

May he be in a better place.

[bigbob]

Me too, left the same impression. RIP.

[ROCKLOBSTER]

democrats that run these urban cities were intentionally poisoning their black population? There are definitely people stupid enough to believe that.

Exactly like those who are freaking out over "contrails".

[ROCKLOBSTER]

democrats that run these urban cities were intentionally poisoning their black population? There are definitely people stupid enough to believe that.

Then there's Flint Michigan.

[Roccus]

In Fun City back in the 60s, we thought it was the ink on the welfare checks.

[Inyo-Mono]

RIP Dick Gregory.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

"democrats that run these urban cities were intentionally poisoning their black population?"

[Ace's Dad]

Exactly like those who are freaking out over "contrails"

My son, Captain "Ace" (a real, line flying airline jock) assures me it's ("Chemtrails") just a joke by flying types. He's the self-appointed leader of one of the chapters.

[Impy]

“Segregation is not all bad. Have you ever heard of a collision where the people in the back of the bus got hurt?”

RIP

He ran for Chi Mayor as a Write in against Daley in 1967, I didn’t know that. Peace and Freedom nominee for POTUS in ‘68, didn’t know that either, placed 5th behind Socialist Labor Party, 47K votes, I don’t know many states he was on the ballot in but over half his votes came from NY.

[ex91B10]

Read a story once about Dick Gregory . He was eating in a restaurant and some members of the KKK came over to him and said "whatever you do to that chicken we're going to do to you".

He allegedly picked it up and kissed it

[Brandonmark]

Because of a snowstorm in Atlanta many years ago, my connecting flight was cancelled and Delta put me up in a hotel room for the night. The next morning they put me on a flight that had only one seat remaining and it was in First Class. When I sat down this black man was sitting in the next seat with a three foot high stack of newspapers that he was reading. After the flight took off, we had a brief conversation and I asked him where he was traveling to and he responded he was on his way to speak at a college campus. I innocently said, “Are you famous?” He laughed and said, “I’m Dick Gregory”. The remainder of the flight we chatted and while we didn’t agree on one single subject, it was one of the most interesting flights I ever had. He frankly was very cordial and extremely intelligent and when we left the plane, I apologized for disrupting him from finishing his reading materials. He said,” That’s all right, I enjoyed the conversation and I’ll catch up on my reading in my hotel room.” I shook hands with him and I have never forgotten that brief encounter and how extremely nice he was to me, despite our philosophical differences.May he Rest in Peace!

[tang-soo]

Oh my. All these years I thought he was the man who played Grady Wilson on Sanford and Son.