Description |
x, 304 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
Contents |
Momma -- Relief -- Her last mile -- On my way -- Lily of the valley -- To cast a stone -- Blinded by the light -- Move on, niggers -- Turn me loose -- Bombingham -- Sad November -- With his armor on -- In the snake's mouth -- A bullet of my won -- Black power -- Code name "Zorro" -- Nothing but Grace -- Redskins -- Going home -- The greatest -- Give peace a chance -- Good or evil -- Happy birthday, Martin -- Going the distance -- Let there be food -- Fire with no flames -- Nothing from history -- Blood off my shoes -- On Broadway -- Sitting on the couch -- Callus on my soul -- Fasting -- Dick Gregory's weight loss system. |
Summary |
Born into the kind of crushing poverty that can either destroy the spirit or ignite the soul, Dick Gregory used his razor-sharp intellect and boundless energy to become a headlining comic, a pillar of the civil rights movement, a pioneering nutritionist, and an uncompromising voice for social activism and human rights around the world. |
Subject |
Gregory, Dick.
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Comedians -- United States -- Biography.
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Civil rights workers -- United States -- Biography.
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Added Author |
Moses, Sheila P.
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ISBN |
0758202024 |
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