Last time I was down South I walked into this restaurant, and this white waitress came up to me and said: 'We don't serve colored people here.' "I said: 'that's all right, I don't eat colored people. Bring me a… — Dick Gregory Copy Share Image
I waited at the counter of a white restaurant for eleven years. When they finally integrated, they didn't have what I wanted. — 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
