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Anniversary information added. Oct 08, 2026
Add new Web site: Fresh Air Archive - Dick Gregory. Oct 08, 2026
Anniversary information added. Aug 15, 2026
Added cross-reference to political humor article; added Top Questions. Sep 30, 2025
Add new Web site: Television Academy Foundation - The Interviews - Dick Gregory with Emerson College. Mar 31, 2025
Add new Web site: NPR - Dick Gregory's Role as Michael Jackson's Adviser. Jan 11, 2025
Add new Web site: UVA Arts and Sciences - Explorations in Black Leadership - Dick Gregory. Nov 30, 2024
First paragraph modernization. Jan 30, 2024
Add new Web site: Military.com - Comedian and Civil Rights Activist Dick Gregory Started Performing in the Army. Dec 01, 2023
Add new Web site: CALS Encyclopedia of Arkansas - Dick Gregory (Arrest of). Sep 18, 2023
Add new Web site: Hollywood Walk of Fame - Biography of Dick Gregory. Aug 04, 2023
Add new Web site: Turner Classic Movies - Dick Gregory. Feb 16, 2023
Add new Web site: Stanford University - The Martin Luther King, Jr., Research and Education Institute - Dick Gregory. May 23, 2022
Added the documentary The One and Only Dick Gregory. Jul 01, 2021
Add new Web site: The HistoryMakers - Biography of Dick Gregory. Mar 26, 2021
Changed “black” to “Black.” Aug 31, 2020
Death date added. Aug 19, 2017
Add new Web site: African American Registry - Biography of Dick Gregory. Oct 24, 2014
Add new Web site: BlackPast - Biography of Dick Gregory. Oct 24, 2014
Add new Web site: AllMusic - Dick Gregory. Feb 25, 2014
Article added to new online database. Jan 12, 2000
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