I never believed in Santa Claus because I knew no white dude would come into my neighborhood after dark.
Dick GregoryBaseball is very big with my people. It figures. It's the only way we can get to shake a bat at a white man without starting a riot.
Dick GregoryAnd we love to dance, especially that new one called the Civil War Twist. The Northern part of you stands still while the Southern part tries to secede.
Dick GregoryIf I had to write down the most important people in the history of this planet, No.1 would be (abolitionist) John Brown. Why? Because he's a white man who said he would die for the cause, because they could take him, but they weren't going to take his grandchildren. That brother was beautiful.
Dick Gregory