Why are black folks singing Amazing Grace which is a song about a white slaver's conversion? — Dick Gregory Copy Share Image
I used to get letters saying, 'I didn't know black children and white children were the same.' — Dick Gregory Copy Share Image
Black Americans are the only people in history who are for education instead of liberation. George Washington wasn't beating up on British… — Dick Gregory Copy Share Image
America will tolerate the taking of a human life without giving it a second thought. But don't misuse a household pet. — Dick Gregory Copy Share Image
Black conservatives have a right to exist, but why would I want to walk around with a swastika on my shirt after… — Dick Gregory Copy Share Image
Let me tell you, never before in the history of this planet has anybody made the progress that African-Americans have made in… — Dick Gregory Copy Share Image
I didn't realize, when I decided to be a comic, that a black person had never been allowed to stand flat-footed in… — Dick Gregory Copy Share Image
I was born and raised in St. Louis, and this little town, eight blocks away, place no one ever heard of, a… — Dick Gregory Copy Share Image
I am really enjoying the new Martin Luther King Jr stamp - just think about all those white bigots, licking the backside… — Dick Gregory Copy Share Image
People keep telling me about the white race and the black race - and it really doesn't make sense. I played Miami,… — Dick Gregory Copy Share Image
Black folks tell their kids they have to be twice as good as a white person? Well, if I tell a child… — Dick Gregory Copy Share Image
My wife and I went to jail in Selma. The difference when I was back there recently? White folks? No. Black folks… — Dick Gregory Copy Share Image
White folks are the luckiest people: Finally a black president and he's a behaved one. Went to the best schools, best colleges,… — Dick Gregory Copy Share Image
I never thought I'd see the day that I would see white folks as frightened, or more so, than black folks was… — Dick Gregory Copy Share Image
The only person on the planet saying derogatory things about his woman is the black man. — Dick Gregory Copy Share Image
Civil Rights: What black folks are given in the U.S. on the installment plan, as in civil-rights bills. Not to be confused… — Dick Gregory Copy Share Image
It was an unwritten law that black comics were not permitted to work white nightclubs. You could sing and you could dance,… — Dick Gregory Copy Share Image
My belief is, you know, certain things have to be explained that's never been explained. — Dick Gregory Copy Share Image
You hear entertainers all the time, saying, 'If I couldn't get paid for this, I'd do it for free.' When's the last time you… — Dick Gregory Copy Share Image
What price would God demand from the churches for having the audacity to lighten the color of his son's skin, and straighten out his… — Dick Gregory Copy Share Image
In the South they don't mind how close I get, so long as I don't get too big. In the North they don't mind… — Dick Gregory Copy Share Image
Eating liver out of a cow's body is like eating the filter out of a car. — Dick Gregory Copy Share Image
I never learned hate at home, or shame. I had to go to school for that. — Dick Gregory Copy Share Image
“Dear Momma―Wherever you are, if ever you hear the word "nigger" again, remember they are advertising my book.” — Dick Gregory Copy Share Image
The NAACP is a wonderful organization . . . But do you realize if tomorrow morning we had complete integration, all them cats would be outta work? — Dick Gregory Copy Share Image
I used to get letters saying, 'I didn't know black children and white children were the same.' — Dick Gregory Copy Share Image
People keep telling me about the white race and the black race - and it really doesn't make sense. I played Miami, met a… — Dick Gregory Copy Share Image
