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Being white is a job in America. You take that away, you better get the soldiers out.
Dick Gregory
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Dick Gregory
Age: 84 †
Born: 1932
Born: October 12
Died: 2017
Died: August 19
Athletics Competitor
Autobiographer
Comedian
Entrepreneur
Politician
Social Activist
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St. Louis
Missouri
Richard Claxton Gregory
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