- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 online resource (13 video files (6 hr., 7 min., 13 sec.)) : sound, color.
- Summary
- Comedian and social activist Dick Gregory was born on October 12, 1932 in St. Louis, Missouri. Gregory attended Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, Illinois, on a track scholarship. His college education was interrupted when he was drafted into the U.S. Army where he first worked as a stand-up comedian. In 1961, Gregory was hired to work at the Chicago Playboy Club. In 1964, Gregory released his autobiography Nigger, which sold seven million copies. In the mid-1960s, Gregory became involved in the Civil Rights Movement and ran unsuccessfully in elections against Chicago Mayor Richard Daley in 1967 and against President Richard Nixon in 1968. A nutrition guru, Gregory was the creator of the Bahamian Diet Nutrition Drink. He ranked eighty-first on Comedy Central's list of the 100 Greatest Stand-Up Comedians of All Time. Gregory published the following several books. Gregory passed away on August 19, 2017.
- Alternative Title
- History Makers video oral history with Dick Gregory
- Dick Gregory
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Internet videos.
- Interviews.
- Nonfiction films.
- Oral histories.
- Credits (note)
- Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
- OCLC
- 1003150532
- Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with Dick Gregory.
- Publisher
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
- Country of Producing Entity
United States naf
- Playing Time
060713
- Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
- Type of Medium
computer
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
video file
- Performer
Paul Brock, interviewer.
- Credits
Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
- Event
Recorded Washington, District of Columbia 2007 July 29.
- Source of description
Vendor-supplied metadata.
- Connect to:
- Indexed Term
Social Activist Comedian.
- Added Author
Gregory, Dick, interviewee.
Brock, Paul, 1932- interviewer.
Hickey, Matthew, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.