Darryl Clark Progressive News Weekly - Gone Too Soon

Dick Gregory on Progressive News Weekly tonight (March 29th) 6:30PM.

 

Author, Civil & human rights activist, comedian, humanitarian, anti-drug crusader, health freedom advocate, philosopher, peoples advocate, nutritionist, and recording artist.  Dick Gregory first gained notoriety as a comedian in the late 50's joining a new generation of comedians (including Nipsey Russel, Bill Cosby and Godfrey Cambridge) who broke from the stereotypical minstrel characterization of Blacks.  Dick evolved in his comedic presentation by beginning to focus on current events and Black issues.  During the American turmoils of the 60's, Dick's Awareness and compassion lead him to spend more time for health and social justice than on performing.  He even ran for president at one time.

 

Dick's breath of work spans over half a century of activism for the disenfranchised.  Dick is currently working on numerous projects to bring about change in our society.  Go to www.dickgregory.com for more info.  Dick will join us to weigh in on our on-going topic "Gone too Soon"; including his unique perspective of the recent killing of 17 year old Trayvon Martin by a self appointed vigilante in Sanford, Florida.  During this exclusive interview (covering a broad list of topics) Dick will discuss his unique views of what's going on in our society and what he believes are our options to make a difference in our world (including using grass roots activism for change) raising our consciousness to act on the societal atrocities impacting us all.
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