By: Marvin DeBose
Before Dave Chappelle, before Chris Rock, and even before Richard Pryor, there was Dick Gregory.
Comedic legends like Rock, Chappelle and Pryor are well-known for their ability to make audiences laugh while creating a dialogue on sensitive social issues from an honest, African-American perspective. Their ability to combine wit, a humorous sense of irreverence along with storytelling to discuss these issues in front of a mainstream audience is often seen as something fairly new.
Yet Dick Gregory was touching on these issues long before Pryor became a star and before Rock and Chappelle were even born.
Dick Gregory
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