[1] Interview, Satya magazine, April 1996.Wife: Lillian Smith ("Lil", m. 1959, ten children)
High School: Sumner High School, St. Louis, MO
University: Southern Illinois University (dropped out)
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Youth International Party
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity
Thomas Merton Award 1974
St. Louis Walk of Fame
Hunger Strike Tehran, Iran (1980)
Civil Disobedience New York City (22-Mar-1999)
Trespassing Washington, DC (9-May-2001)
Assisted by the ACLU
Risk Factors: Lymphoma, Vegetarian
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
What Happened, Miss Simone? (22-Jan-2015) · Himself
When Comedy Went to School (6-Jun-2013) · Himself
Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel (12-Sep-2009) · Himself
One Bright Shining Moment (16-Sep-2005) · Himself
The Hot Chick (2-Dec-2002) · Bathroom Attendant
Panther (3-May-1995)
Sweet Love, Bitter (30-Jan-1967)
The Wrong Box (4-Jul-1966) · Leicester Young Fielding
Official Website:
http://www.dickgregory.com/
Author of books:
NIGGER! (1963, autobiography)
From the Back of the Bus (1964)
What's Happening (1965)
The Shadow That Scares Me (1968)
Write Me In (1968)
Callus on My Soul: A Memoir (2000, memoir, with Sheila P. Moses)
AKA Richard Claxton Gregory