When I went south in the 1960s, I knew I could die. If I went down there and did what I did up in Chicago and made all of those hatin' white folks laugh, then I would have been defeated.
Dick GregoryI waited at the counter of a white restaurant for eleven years. When they finally integrated, they didn't have what I wanted.
Dick GregoryPeople keep telling me about the white race and the black race - and it really doesn't make sense. I played Miami, met a fellow two shades darker than me - and his name was Ginsberg! Took my place in two sit-in demonstrations - nobody knew the difference. The he tried for a third lunch counter and blew the whole bit ... asked for blintzes.
Dick GregoryWhy are black folks singing Amazing Grace which is a song about a white slaver's conversion?
Dick Gregory