The World According to Dick Gregory:
An Evening of Humor and Humanity at Trinity College

Coverage/Interview Opportunity

What:                    Dick Gregory brings his provocative observations and biting wit to Trinity College as the keynote speaker for Black History Month

When:                   Monday, February 3 at 7:00 p.m.

Where:                 Washington Room, Mather Campus Center, on the Trinity College campus

Background:         Gregory began his professional career in 1958 following a stint in the U. S. Army. He quickly rose to national prominence after his debut at the Playboy Club in Chicago in 1961. Inspired by the work of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., he marched and fasted for many causes, including opposition to the Vietnam War, world hunger, and drug abuse. Gregory even threw his hat into the ring politically, opposing Richard J. Daley in Chicago's 1966 mayoral election and running for president of the U. S. in 1968 as a write-in candidate for the Freedom and Peace Party.

After the assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr., John F. Kennedy, and Robert Kennedy, Gregory became absorbed with untangling political conspiracies, writing books such as "Code Name Zorro: The Murder of Martin Luther King Jr.' (1971) with conspiracy theorist Mark Lane. More recently he protested at CIA headquarters in response to allegations that the CIA supplied cocaine to predominantly African American neighborhoods in Los Angeles. In 1996, he returned to the stage in his critically acclaimed one-man show, Dick Gregory Live!

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