TimeCycles · @TimeCycles
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Comedian / Activist Dick Gregory.

Couldn't decide which photo I preferred so I posted a few.

“I waited at the counter of a white restaurant for eleven years. When they finally integrated, they didn’t have what I wanted."

“If they took all the drugs, nicotine, alcohol, and caffeine off the market for six days, they’d have to bring out the tanks to control you.”

Dick Gregory

#history #dickgregory #photojournalism #portrait #bnw #filmphotography #35mm #blackandwhitephotography #photography

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Ricardo Harvin · @ricardoharvin
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I'm watching James Baldwin On-Screen on The

criterionchannel.com/james-bal

I just finished watching 's , #1968 (the meaning is profound) and James is brilliant.

criterionchannel.com/videos/ba

I love Dick Gregory's explanation of "white liberal", which every person, and "" and , should consider and internalize.

#baldwinsnigger #whiteliberal #dickgregory #jamesbaldwin #Conservative #moderate #black #white #nigger #baldwin #criterionchannel

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Mark Metz ✅ · @markmetz
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They Call Me Dr. Breaux · @doctorjaymarie
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"Political promises are much like marriage vows. They are made at the beginning of the relationship between candidate and voter, but are quickly forgotten."

- Dick Gregory

#blackmastodon #BlackFedi #politics #dickgregory

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DrDanaDeHart · @DrDanaDeHart
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Man, this 'One and Only Dick Gregory ' doc on Showtime is awesome. Amazing.

#dickgregory #comedy #civilrights #mlk #medgarevers

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TimeCycles · @TimeCycles
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“I'm embarrassed for my country that in my entire voting life there has never been a major party candidate whom I felt I could vote for. All of my presidential votes—whether for , or —have been protest votes.” — songwriter

#georgewallace #dickgregory #johnhagelin #johnperrybarlow

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