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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Downloaded from YTS.MX 2 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.MX 3 00:00:15,849 --> 00:00:21,021      up-tempo classical music      4 00:00:21,062 --> 00:00:26,234                                     5 00:00:29,279 --> 00:00:31,698       [Lipsyte] I met Dick Gregory               for the first time         6 00:00:31,740 --> 00:00:36,119              on the evening                    of September 16, 1963.       7 00:00:36,161 --> 00:00:38,788               At the time,                 Greg was the hottest comedian    8 00:00:38,830 --> 00:00:41,583             in the country,                      and he had signed          9 00:00:41,624 --> 00:00:44,252  the typical publishing contract    10 00:00:44,294 --> 00:00:47,922        for one of those humorous           rags-to-riches autobiography.    11 00:00:47,964 --> 00:00:52,927             And the problem                  was that Greg had rejected     12 00:00:52,969 --> 00:00:57,348    every writer maybe in America,           and finally the publisher      13 00:00:57,390 --> 00:01:00,101  scraped the bottom of the barrel                  with me.              14 00:01:00,143 --> 00:01:04,439  I was a 25-year-old sportswriter  15 00:01:04,481 --> 00:01:06,775          at   The New York Times,       16 00:01:06,816 --> 00:01:09,110  and I went up to his hotel room.  17 00:01:09,152 --> 00:01:13,698        He was on his bed. He was           curled up in a fetal position.  18 00:01:13,740 --> 00:01:18,036      He was wearing only underwear,             and he was crying.         19 00:01:18,078 --> 00:01:20,538          I sat down in a chair                    next to the bed,          20 00:01:20,580 --> 00:01:23,458      and I asked why he was crying,  21 00:01:23,500 --> 00:01:26,211      and he said, "Didn't you read          about the four little girls     22 00:01:26,252 --> 00:01:29,255       who were murdered yesterday             in a Birmingham church?"      23 00:01:29,297 --> 00:01:32,300  And he just kind of rolled over                  on his back,            24 00:01:32,342 --> 00:01:37,972          and for the next hour,            he just talked to the ceiling.  25 00:01:38,014 --> 00:01:41,142         Mostly I just listened.                  I was fascinated.          26 00:01:41,184 --> 00:01:44,145           This man was angry.                    He was passionate.         27 00:01:44,187 --> 00:01:47,941                He was not                     the cool, slangy hipster      28 00:01:47,982 --> 00:01:49,984  who was on the nightclub stages,  29 00:01:50,026 --> 00:01:54,781       and I really do believe that         he had missions to accomplish,  30 00:01:54,823 --> 00:01:57,909  and it wasn't just making jokes.  31 00:01:57,951 --> 00:02:02,956                                     32 00:02:02,997 --> 00:02:04,916        When they say this show              features living color,        33 00:02:04,958 --> 00:02:07,168        you better believe it.        34 00:02:07,210 --> 00:02:09,045              [laughter]              35 00:02:09,087 --> 00:02:10,588    Of course, back in my hometown,  36 00:02:10,630 --> 00:02:13,508         we had what you call              the friendly Ku Klux Klan.      37 00:02:13,550 --> 00:02:14,676        Oh, yeah, they'll come           to your house to burn a cross.    38 00:02:14,717 --> 00:02:16,678    If they didn't have no matches,  39 00:02:16,719 --> 00:02:18,638       they'd knock on your door             and ask you for a pack.       40 00:02:18,680 --> 00:02:21,516                                     41 00:02:21,558 --> 00:02:24,269          Dick was the first one            that stepped in that I knew of  42 00:02:24,310 --> 00:02:27,438                that made                    political and social issues     43 00:02:27,480 --> 00:02:28,690       the subject of his humor.      44 00:02:28,731 --> 00:02:30,692      Found out that cold weather              makes it very nice          45 00:02:30,733 --> 00:02:32,527          for race relations.         46 00:02:32,569 --> 00:02:35,822        But last month when it was            15 below zero in Chicago,      47 00:02:35,864 --> 00:02:38,867       I walked out of a nightclub.            A drunk walked up to me,      48 00:02:38,908 --> 00:02:40,368     said, "Why don't you get back         to Africa where you belong      49 00:02:40,410 --> 00:02:42,370        and take me with you?"        50 00:02:42,412 --> 00:02:44,455          [audience laughter]         51 00:02:44,497 --> 00:02:47,375                                     52 00:02:47,417 --> 00:02:52,714        Dick Gregory was one of        the greatest political comedians  53 00:02:52,755 --> 00:02:54,507             to ever live.            54 00:02:54,549 --> 00:02:55,800     There are a lot of comedians           in the history of comedy,      55 00:02:55,842 --> 00:02:57,093    who are "political comedians,"    56 00:02:57,135 --> 00:02:58,970       but they're not actually                  taking a side.            57 00:02:59,012 --> 00:03:00,680        Dick Gregory was always                   taking a side            58 00:03:00,722 --> 00:03:03,892        and then suffering the         consequence of taking that side.  59 00:03:03,933 --> 00:03:05,768      I chose to be an agitator.      60 00:03:05,810 --> 00:03:07,896           Next time you put                     your underwear            61 00:03:07,937 --> 00:03:09,856        in the washing machine,              take the agitator out,        62 00:03:09,898 --> 00:03:12,650     and all you gon' end up with          is some dirty, wet drawers.     63 00:03:12,692 --> 00:03:16,112                                     64 00:03:16,154 --> 00:03:18,448      Are you out to give people                  a good laugh?            65 00:03:18,489 --> 00:03:20,909          Are you out to make                    a very definite           66 00:03:20,950 --> 00:03:22,368       and a very pungent point,      67 00:03:22,410 --> 00:03:24,495        or is it a combination                     of the two?             68 00:03:24,537 --> 00:03:26,372            I happen to be                   a very firm believer--        69 00:03:26,414 --> 00:03:28,333     believe that you can't laugh                social problems           70 00:03:28,374 --> 00:03:30,168           out of existence,          71 00:03:30,210 --> 00:03:31,836          and the day we find                  a cure for cancer,          72 00:03:31,878 --> 00:03:33,755      it won't be through jokes.      73 00:03:33,796 --> 00:03:35,256               It'll be                    through hard, sincere work.     74 00:03:35,298 --> 00:03:38,551                                     75 00:03:38,593 --> 00:03:41,930       For him, making people laugh                 wasn't enough.           76 00:03:41,971 --> 00:03:44,098             To be out there                      on the front lines         77 00:03:44,140 --> 00:03:46,434      of the civil rights movement,    78 00:03:46,476 --> 00:03:48,561       he made a huge sacrifice.      79 00:03:48,603 --> 00:03:52,065            We've seen plenty                   of entertainers march        80 00:03:52,106 --> 00:03:55,735         and march repeatedly              and always, always go back      81 00:03:55,777 --> 00:03:57,237           to the big money                     of show business.          82 00:03:57,278 --> 00:04:01,616  But we do have this one example               of this one person         83 00:04:01,658 --> 00:04:03,326     who went all the way with it.    84 00:04:03,368 --> 00:04:06,704                                     85 00:04:06,746 --> 00:04:08,373       [Dick] Thank this movement--    86 00:04:08,414 --> 00:04:11,084      I'm not talking about the ones               we know about.           87 00:04:11,125 --> 00:04:13,878          Talking about the ones                 we don't know about.        88 00:04:13,920 --> 00:04:17,924        Facts are, there is a God            that know all of the names,     89 00:04:17,966 --> 00:04:22,178      and because of this movement,     it gave me a turtle philosophy.    90 00:04:22,220 --> 00:04:25,390           Hard on the outside,                  soft on the inside,         91 00:04:25,431 --> 00:04:28,393           and willing to stick                     your neck out.           92 00:04:28,434 --> 00:04:32,605         That's what it's about.             Huh? That's what it's about.    93 00:04:32,647 --> 00:04:36,067  [man] Ah! Ladies and gentlemen,                 Dick Gregory!            94 00:04:36,109 --> 00:04:38,820         [cheers and applause]        95 00:04:38,861 --> 00:04:41,406              Dick Gregory!            96 00:04:41,447 --> 00:04:44,158               Dick Gregory!           97 00:04:44,200 --> 00:04:46,995         [cheers and applause                       subside]               98 00:04:51,958 --> 00:04:54,252                [click]               99 00:04:54,294 --> 00:04:57,130           This is Bob Lipsyte,                       room 1705,             100 00:04:57,171 --> 00:05:01,092            the Hotel Beverly                  in New York City, 1963.       101 00:05:01,134 --> 00:05:03,094           When you first tried                      to get a job            102 00:05:03,136 --> 00:05:04,262          with the kind of jokes                     that you do,            103 00:05:04,304 --> 00:05:06,764             I imagine it was                       kind of tough.           104 00:05:06,806 --> 00:05:09,225       So how did you break through            to the big white clubs?       105 00:05:09,267 --> 00:05:10,977        [Dick] Biggest break I had                 was I opened up           106 00:05:11,019 --> 00:05:12,270           at the Playboy Club                      for one night            107 00:05:12,312 --> 00:05:14,897          to fill in for a comic                     in Chicago,             108 00:05:14,939 --> 00:05:18,192        and everyone who had heard          my act told me, "Don't go on,    109 00:05:18,234 --> 00:05:19,610             "because we have               a Southern convention in town,  110 00:05:19,652 --> 00:05:21,029          and the room is filled                  with Southerners."         111 00:05:21,070 --> 00:05:22,280          [Lipsyte] A room full                    of Southerners?           112 00:05:22,322 --> 00:05:23,990            [Dick] A room full                     of Southerners.           113 00:05:24,032 --> 00:05:25,491       [Lipsyte] So what happened?     114 00:05:25,533 --> 00:05:30,163          upbeat jazz music         115 00:05:30,204 --> 00:05:34,042                                     116 00:05:34,083 --> 00:05:35,668       [Dick] So the Playboy Club,     117 00:05:35,710 --> 00:05:38,004       it was...it was the only one                in the country,           118 00:05:38,046 --> 00:05:40,048  and it was just getting started,  119 00:05:40,089 --> 00:05:44,010            and it was, like,                    the talk of America.        120 00:05:44,052 --> 00:05:45,720  And they said they'd pay me $50,  121 00:05:45,762 --> 00:05:48,556      and I couldn't believe it was         that much money in the world.    122 00:05:48,598 --> 00:05:51,059         He was invited to do                   the Playboy Club.          123 00:05:51,100 --> 00:05:53,811       Mr. Hefner gave my father                 the opportunity           124 00:05:53,853 --> 00:05:58,858       to come and do flat-foot,          stare-you-in-the-eye comedy.     125 00:05:58,900 --> 00:06:01,319        He jumps onto the stage                    on a night              126 00:06:01,361 --> 00:06:03,071     that they'd rather he hadn't.    127 00:06:05,782 --> 00:06:09,035        [Dick] The room that I was           working had been rented out     128 00:06:09,077 --> 00:06:12,121       to a frozen food convention.    129 00:06:12,163 --> 00:06:14,791           It was a delegation                     from the South.           130 00:06:14,832 --> 00:06:17,126            ominous music           131 00:06:17,168 --> 00:06:20,129        Victor Lownes said to me,      132 00:06:20,171 --> 00:06:22,548  "Hefner told me to tell you, you       don't have to go on tonight."    133 00:06:22,590 --> 00:06:24,217        And he said, "We're sorry,            but we rented the room out     134 00:06:24,258 --> 00:06:27,970        to a Southern delegation."     135 00:06:29,222 --> 00:06:31,974          And I just pushed him                      out the way             136 00:06:32,016 --> 00:06:34,560      and said, "You don't know what        I went through to get here."    137 00:06:34,602 --> 00:06:37,855                                     138 00:06:37,897 --> 00:06:42,026       And, uh, got up on the stage              and started talking.        139 00:06:42,068 --> 00:06:43,277        Got a little snow down                     in Georgia              140 00:06:43,319 --> 00:06:44,612          for the first time                   in a hundred years.         141 00:06:44,654 --> 00:06:46,239           [man in audience                   shouts indistinctly]         142 00:06:46,280 --> 00:06:48,282      [Dick] Oh, it's not funny.      143 00:06:48,324 --> 00:06:49,534     Can you imagine what it feels             like being my color         144 00:06:49,575 --> 00:06:51,244       in an all-white Georgia?               - [audience chuckles]        145 00:06:51,285 --> 00:06:52,787         Hell, I had a cousin                 damn near got killed         146 00:06:52,829 --> 00:06:54,414        after that first snow.        147 00:06:54,455 --> 00:06:57,166       He thought he was leaning             up against a snowbank,        148 00:06:57,208 --> 00:06:59,544        and it turned out to be               a Ku Klux Klan rally.        149 00:06:59,585 --> 00:07:01,212              [laughter]              150 00:07:01,254 --> 00:07:03,506      Well, I remember when I was               a kid back home.           151 00:07:03,548 --> 00:07:05,425       It got so cold one night,                the Ku Klux Klan           152 00:07:05,466 --> 00:07:07,301         tried to burn a cross                 on our front porch,         153 00:07:07,343 --> 00:07:09,762    and we opened the door and told         'em, "Bring it inside."       154 00:07:09,804 --> 00:07:12,974              [laughter]              155 00:07:13,015 --> 00:07:15,393        I go on at eight o'clock.      156 00:07:15,435 --> 00:07:17,812        At ten o'clock that night,                  I'm still on.            157 00:07:17,854 --> 00:07:19,897         They are just going off.      158 00:07:19,939 --> 00:07:22,733      At eleven o'clock that night,              they called Hefner.         159 00:07:22,775 --> 00:07:24,193                They said,                    "You better get over here.     160 00:07:24,235 --> 00:07:26,154         Something's happening."       161 00:07:26,195 --> 00:07:29,574                                     162 00:07:29,615 --> 00:07:32,827          And nobody can believe                that this Black comic        163 00:07:32,869 --> 00:07:36,539            can take this room                  of Southern white men.       164 00:07:36,581 --> 00:07:39,959      [Christian] The door was open.  165 00:07:40,001 --> 00:07:43,212             Dick Gregory                     walked off that stage        166 00:07:43,254 --> 00:07:45,256    and never looked back the same.  167 00:07:45,298 --> 00:07:48,259                  [Dick]                     The press just went insane.     168 00:07:48,301 --> 00:07:51,345          Time   Magazine wrote                      about my act,            169 00:07:51,387 --> 00:07:53,014  and then Jack Paar picked it up,  170 00:07:53,055 --> 00:07:58,060       which was probably the most           powerful personality on TV.     171 00:07:58,102 --> 00:08:01,022               [Christian]                    My father loved Jack Paar.     172 00:08:01,063 --> 00:08:05,651  He loved Mr. Paar's smoothness,           his delivery, his timing.      173 00:08:05,693 --> 00:08:06,903           [telephone rings]          174 00:08:06,944 --> 00:08:10,072           [Dick] I got a call                 from the Jack Paar show.      175 00:08:10,114 --> 00:08:11,949           "Dick, he wants you                      on the show."            176 00:08:11,991 --> 00:08:13,951         I said, "Well, tell him            I don't wanna be on the show."  177 00:08:13,993 --> 00:08:17,580        Because a negro had never               sit down on the couch        178 00:08:17,622 --> 00:08:19,582              on that show.            179 00:08:19,624 --> 00:08:21,417              So I hung up.            180 00:08:21,459 --> 00:08:25,129           And I'm crying now,                  'cause I mean, I knew        181 00:08:25,171 --> 00:08:28,299      what it would be to my career            not to go on that show.       182 00:08:28,341 --> 00:08:30,510        Then the phone rings back,               and it's Jack Paar.         183 00:08:30,551 --> 00:08:33,221            "What do you mean,          you don't wanna go on the show?"  184 00:08:33,262 --> 00:08:35,556        "Negroes never sit down."      185 00:08:35,598 --> 00:08:38,851          He said, "Come on in.               You can sit down with me."     186 00:08:38,893 --> 00:08:41,812          theme music plays         187 00:08:41,854 --> 00:08:46,859              [applause]              188 00:08:46,901 --> 00:08:47,902          [applause subsides]         189 00:08:47,944 --> 00:08:49,320        It was, like, so wild.        190 00:08:49,362 --> 00:08:51,197         I just finished doing                  the one-nighters           191 00:08:51,239 --> 00:08:53,241            at the colleges                  all across the country,       192 00:08:53,282 --> 00:08:56,077            and last week,                 I worked Brown University.      193 00:08:56,118 --> 00:08:57,828    But the way I got this booking,         they called my office.        194 00:08:57,870 --> 00:09:00,289    It just so happened, I happened       to have been in the office.     195 00:09:00,331 --> 00:09:02,083      And I picked up the phone,                and the guy said,          196 00:09:02,124 --> 00:09:03,292        "I wonder if we can get       197 00:09:03,334 --> 00:09:05,127     Dick Gregory to do a concert                  in Brown."              198 00:09:05,169 --> 00:09:07,755              [laughter]              199 00:09:07,797 --> 00:09:08,965         And I said how else?         200 00:09:09,006 --> 00:09:10,841              [laughter]              201 00:09:10,883 --> 00:09:12,885         Dick Gregory changed                 the entire landscape         202 00:09:12,927 --> 00:09:14,804           of standup comedy           by just walking through the door  203 00:09:14,845 --> 00:09:18,182  and taking up so much space that      more people can come through.    204 00:09:18,224 --> 00:09:20,851         [Hart] When Dick Gregory                 was doing comedy,          205 00:09:20,893 --> 00:09:22,311      there was a lack of diversity.  206 00:09:22,353 --> 00:09:24,981    He was in the game at the time    207 00:09:25,022 --> 00:09:26,941     when there wasn't many of us                    in it.                208 00:09:26,983 --> 00:09:29,110     It was because of the change         that he was a part of making     209 00:09:29,151 --> 00:09:31,612    that I'm able to do what I do.    210 00:09:31,654 --> 00:09:33,948  Well, since we first met, things       have sure happened for you.     211 00:09:33,990 --> 00:09:35,408  That's a nice apartment you got.  212 00:09:35,449 --> 00:09:38,035           - Oh, thank you.                - What kind of car you got?     213 00:09:38,077 --> 00:09:39,870        - A Lincoln, naturally.               - No, well, that's...        214 00:09:39,912 --> 00:09:41,414              [laughter]              215 00:09:41,455 --> 00:09:45,042         What's overlooked is                  how unafraid he was         216 00:09:45,084 --> 00:09:48,462           to not only call                     white people out,          217 00:09:48,504 --> 00:09:50,673         but he wasn't afraid               to call Black folks out.       218 00:09:50,715 --> 00:09:51,757          Of course, if you get             some money, you get a Lincoln.  219 00:09:51,799 --> 00:09:53,301      Oh, you're a good audience                    tonight,               220 00:09:53,342 --> 00:09:54,719          and treat me nice,          221 00:09:54,760 --> 00:09:56,887  because with President Kennedy's            new housing bill,          222 00:09:56,929 --> 00:09:58,681     I might be your neighbor now.    223 00:09:58,723 --> 00:10:00,308              [laughter]              224 00:10:00,349 --> 00:10:02,310             You saw it here                      for the first time         225 00:10:02,351 --> 00:10:04,395       from a Black person's mouth     226 00:10:04,437 --> 00:10:08,274       what life is like in America          from a humorous standpoint.     227 00:10:08,316 --> 00:10:13,654          NBC got so many calls,             their switchboard blew out.     228 00:10:13,696 --> 00:10:16,824            Now I did not know                 if you sit on the couch,      229 00:10:16,866 --> 00:10:18,576          you become the family.       230 00:10:18,618 --> 00:10:20,161        And sitting on that couch,     231 00:10:20,202 --> 00:10:24,415          my salary jumped from             $250 a week to $5,000 a night.  232 00:10:24,457 --> 00:10:27,335    That's the power of that show.    233 00:10:27,376 --> 00:10:28,836          I couldn't believe it                 slow funk music           234 00:10:28,878 --> 00:10:33,007          I don't know what went                 through Paar's mind         235 00:10:33,049 --> 00:10:35,968              when he said,                   "I want him on the show."      236 00:10:36,010 --> 00:10:36,844                  Okay.                237 00:10:36,886 --> 00:10:41,390                                     238 00:10:41,432 --> 00:10:43,726             [jet roaring]            239 00:10:43,768 --> 00:10:47,521       Paar's show and a jet plane                 in the same day.          240 00:10:47,563 --> 00:10:49,357          To get on a jet, see,                    like, the height          241 00:10:49,398 --> 00:10:52,735         of a poor man's ambition                 is to be on a jet,         242 00:10:52,777 --> 00:10:54,695          like standing outside                 the world looking in.        243 00:10:54,737 --> 00:10:56,530                                     244 00:10:56,572 --> 00:10:58,074       [man] Mike Wallace interview            with guest Dick Gregory,      245 00:10:58,115 --> 00:11:00,409                take one.              246 00:11:02,203 --> 00:11:05,206      [Wallace] Until how recently--       I mean this quite seriously--    247 00:11:05,247 --> 00:11:06,499       was money a problem for you?    248 00:11:06,540 --> 00:11:09,377       [Dick] Up until a month ago.    249 00:11:09,418 --> 00:11:10,836  [Wallace] Up until a month ago?    250 00:11:10,878 --> 00:11:13,297        [Dick] Last year, I think              I cleared about $1,500.       251 00:11:13,339 --> 00:11:16,133          [Wallace] From $1,500               to half a million dollars      252 00:11:16,175 --> 00:11:17,843               in one year.            253 00:11:17,885 --> 00:11:20,846       - You must be a happy fella.               - I'm very happy.          254 00:11:20,888 --> 00:11:23,391           When I was young,              we were poor. We were hungry.    255 00:11:23,432 --> 00:11:27,728      We were raggedy, you know?          And, uh, and, well, you know,    256 00:11:27,770 --> 00:11:29,563     matter of fact, the best day              we had in our house         257 00:11:29,605 --> 00:11:31,190       was Halloween, you know?       258 00:11:31,232 --> 00:11:33,234              [laughter]              259 00:11:33,275 --> 00:11:35,820     In fact, that was the day you       could wear your natural clothes  260 00:11:35,861 --> 00:11:37,738     and everybody thought you was     dressed for the occasion, right?  261 00:11:37,780 --> 00:11:38,906              [laughter]              262 00:11:38,948 --> 00:11:40,408         Ooh, look at Richard,                    got on shoes             263 00:11:40,449 --> 00:11:42,702         look just like feet.         264 00:11:42,743 --> 00:11:45,413        [laughter and applause]       265 00:11:45,454 --> 00:11:50,793           dramatic music           266 00:11:50,835 --> 00:11:55,923                                     267 00:11:56,674 --> 00:11:59,802       [Christian] My father had an         extremely difficult childhood.  268 00:11:59,844 --> 00:12:03,347      He was born in 1932, which was         literally the poorest year     269 00:12:03,389 --> 00:12:07,101         of the Great Depression.      270 00:12:07,143 --> 00:12:09,645        He used to always say,             in order to know happiness,     271 00:12:09,687 --> 00:12:11,272    you have to have known sadness.  272 00:12:11,313 --> 00:12:13,023    In order to have known health,    273 00:12:13,065 --> 00:12:16,777         you had to experience                sickness and disease.        274 00:12:16,819 --> 00:12:20,698        You can't truly appreciate               any spectrum of life        275 00:12:20,740 --> 00:12:23,909     unless you'd spent some time                on both sides.            276 00:12:23,951 --> 00:12:25,411                  [Dick]                     I didn't like where I lived.    277 00:12:25,453 --> 00:12:26,787          I didn't like my mama.             I didn't like none of that.     278 00:12:26,829 --> 00:12:30,791                You know,                       so I'd just go walking       279 00:12:30,833 --> 00:12:33,794         and walking and walking                     and walking.            280 00:12:33,836 --> 00:12:35,546                                     281 00:12:35,588 --> 00:12:39,300          So I started running.        282 00:12:39,341 --> 00:12:43,596  And so next thing I knew, I was     running and running and running.  283 00:12:43,637 --> 00:12:46,599       My father used to take us            on these mandatory runs.       284 00:12:46,640 --> 00:12:48,976       He taught us how to run.       285 00:12:49,018 --> 00:12:51,645  Uh, we had to spend a great deal           of time in nature,          286 00:12:51,687 --> 00:12:55,483       and particularly running.      287 00:12:55,524 --> 00:12:57,943         Letting your feet touch                     that ground             288 00:12:57,985 --> 00:13:02,656      and feeling that cosmic force          coming up through the roots     289 00:13:02,698 --> 00:13:06,952             into our feet--                  he wanted us to feel that.     290 00:13:06,994 --> 00:13:09,663                                     291 00:13:09,705 --> 00:13:14,502       Growing up in extreme times,    292 00:13:14,543 --> 00:13:16,587           I really do believe         293 00:13:16,629 --> 00:13:22,009          running became his way               of reinventing himself.       294 00:13:22,051 --> 00:13:25,304  My dad had two weapons. He could        either run like the wind,      295 00:13:25,346 --> 00:13:27,681      or that razor-sharp tongue           of his could lay into you.      296 00:13:27,723 --> 00:13:29,767           [Dick] Kids used to                    pick on me a lot.          297 00:13:29,809 --> 00:13:31,519          "My daddy's not home.        298 00:13:31,560 --> 00:13:35,356        You know, I'm gonna leave.            "Haven't got him with me.      299 00:13:35,397 --> 00:13:37,191      So how can I get him with me?"  300 00:13:37,233 --> 00:13:41,529      I laid home in bed one night,             and I figured it out.        301 00:13:43,155 --> 00:13:46,033      I start making jokes about me              not having no daddy,        302 00:13:46,075 --> 00:13:50,704            how poor we were,                  and then I noticed that       303 00:13:50,746 --> 00:13:53,999            once you get a man                    laughing with you,         304 00:13:54,041 --> 00:13:55,793        it's hard for him to laugh                     at you.               305 00:13:55,835 --> 00:13:58,921                                     306 00:13:58,963 --> 00:14:03,801           And the whole thing                      changed then.            307 00:14:03,843 --> 00:14:06,846           Can you remember                  when you first stood up       308 00:14:06,887 --> 00:14:09,682    and told jokes to an audience?               When was that?            309 00:14:09,723 --> 00:14:11,183      Oh, yeah, first time I told             jokes to an audience         310 00:14:11,225 --> 00:14:13,227           was in, uh, 1959.          311 00:14:13,269 --> 00:14:18,065             funk music             312 00:14:18,107 --> 00:14:23,195                                     313 00:14:30,202 --> 00:14:32,663          [Dick] I had never had                   nightclub life.           314 00:14:32,705 --> 00:14:35,040      I never smoked. I never drank.  315 00:14:35,082 --> 00:14:38,836       And so I went to a nightclub         one night, South Side Chicago,  316 00:14:38,878 --> 00:14:41,380        and I saw the Black comic                     come out.              317 00:14:41,422 --> 00:14:43,048           Everybody got quiet.        318 00:14:43,090 --> 00:14:46,385          And I said, God, what             a lovely way to make a living.  319 00:14:46,427 --> 00:14:48,762               jazz music            320 00:14:48,804 --> 00:14:51,056              So I went out                   to a real small nightclub,     321 00:14:51,098 --> 00:14:54,101          which was the Esquire,                  and I told the guy         322 00:14:54,143 --> 00:14:59,315      I was this big-time comedian,         and he let me up on the stage.  323 00:14:59,356 --> 00:15:01,275             And I was funny.          324 00:15:01,317 --> 00:15:03,944       I went out on the stage,           and I tried to look as funny     325 00:15:03,986 --> 00:15:05,946       as I could, so I took...           I took some white buck shoes,    326 00:15:05,988 --> 00:15:08,699    and I painted 'em powder blue,    327 00:15:08,741 --> 00:15:10,826               and I put                     some big suspenders on        328 00:15:10,868 --> 00:15:12,870        and a big cap, you see?       329 00:15:12,912 --> 00:15:16,040          Because, you see,               in the low income nightclub,     330 00:15:16,081 --> 00:15:18,042         the brother got a lot              of problems on his mind,       331 00:15:18,083 --> 00:15:21,462        and he's off from work,             and he will out-talk you       332 00:15:21,503 --> 00:15:23,547      if you don't come out there         and shock him into his thing.    333 00:15:23,589 --> 00:15:25,883           He gave me a job.          334 00:15:25,925 --> 00:15:30,888      And the next thing I knew,                 I wasn't funny.           335 00:15:30,930 --> 00:15:32,806      When you're not a comedian,     336 00:15:32,848 --> 00:15:34,433          but when you become                     a profession,            337 00:15:34,475 --> 00:15:37,144       then you have a challenge          to make them laugh, you know?    338 00:15:37,186 --> 00:15:39,647    You could have a 5-year-old son   that's a marvelous piano player,  339 00:15:39,688 --> 00:15:40,981     and you could bring him here,    340 00:15:41,023 --> 00:15:42,566      and everybody would listen                 to him and say,           341 00:15:42,608 --> 00:15:44,985        "Beautiful, beautiful,"           but put him in Carnegie Hall     342 00:15:45,027 --> 00:15:47,738            at $5 a ticket,                 and, uh, we might decide       343 00:15:47,780 --> 00:15:49,615       he don't play that well,                     you know?              344 00:15:49,657 --> 00:15:50,950     And so this is what happened                    to me.                345 00:15:50,991 --> 00:15:54,912           So those early days                      at the Esquire           346 00:15:54,954 --> 00:15:56,413           was really learning                      the audience,            347 00:15:56,455 --> 00:15:59,041             but most of all,                      learning timing.          348 00:15:59,083 --> 00:16:02,461             It's the timing,                    breathing properly,         349 00:16:02,503 --> 00:16:06,382       learning how to play a joke,         how to play it with your face,  350 00:16:06,423 --> 00:16:08,300      how to play it with your body.  351 00:16:08,342 --> 00:16:09,969  When I used to smoke cigarettes,  352 00:16:10,010 --> 00:16:12,137              I wasn't aware                   until I stopped smoking       353 00:16:12,179 --> 00:16:14,974      how much I used that cigarette                for timing.             354 00:16:15,015 --> 00:16:17,267     If I could believe everything             everybody told me,          355 00:16:17,309 --> 00:16:20,062       we wouldn't have a racial            problem in this country.       356 00:16:20,104 --> 00:16:21,897        'Cause everybody I meet                 in the nightclub,          357 00:16:21,939 --> 00:16:23,232         after they get drunk,         they all tell me the same thing.  358 00:16:23,273 --> 00:16:26,193    "Greg, some of my best friends                are colored."            359 00:16:26,235 --> 00:16:27,695              [laughter]              360 00:16:27,736 --> 00:16:29,029       Mike, you know and I know      361 00:16:29,071 --> 00:16:30,614      there's not that many of us                 to go around.            362 00:16:30,656 --> 00:16:32,449              [laughter]              363 00:16:32,491 --> 00:16:38,330      [Rock] He was a real cool cat,       like another level of smooth.    364 00:16:38,372 --> 00:16:42,376     'Cause most Black comics come       from a tradition of preachers,    365 00:16:42,418 --> 00:16:45,838    so they're loud, and they talk            a certain way and...         366 00:16:45,879 --> 00:16:49,883           and they were there                 for five, seven minutes,      367 00:16:49,925 --> 00:16:52,386          and they had to get          your attention in a certain way.  368 00:16:52,428 --> 00:16:54,888       With Dick Gregory, he had         the same five or seven minutes,  369 00:16:54,930 --> 00:16:57,182     but he really took his time.     370 00:16:57,224 --> 00:17:00,853              Excuse me.              371 00:17:00,894 --> 00:17:02,062     I have to smoke here because           I made the great mistake       372 00:17:02,104 --> 00:17:05,399      of writing off 180 cartons                on my income tax.          373 00:17:05,441 --> 00:17:09,862              [laughter]              374 00:17:09,903 --> 00:17:11,280     And then the Internal Revenue                boys told me             375 00:17:11,321 --> 00:17:14,241        every time they see me,              I'd better be smoking.        376 00:17:14,283 --> 00:17:15,451              [laughter]              377 00:17:15,492 --> 00:17:17,077         [Chapelle] Dick Gregory,                 real handsome guy.         378 00:17:17,119 --> 00:17:20,164           Rock a suit onstage,               smoke a cigarette onstage.     379 00:17:20,205 --> 00:17:21,790           There's a few comics                     that did that,           380 00:17:21,832 --> 00:17:23,417          they looked real suave                  when they'd do it.         381 00:17:23,459 --> 00:17:24,960         They timed themselves                with their cigarettes        382 00:17:25,002 --> 00:17:27,129          to say a funny joke                and the punchline hits,       383 00:17:27,171 --> 00:17:28,672        and he was one of the guys                 who just did it.          384 00:17:28,714 --> 00:17:30,007       When you stop and think,       385 00:17:30,049 --> 00:17:32,468        football's a fair sport                  for my people.            386 00:17:32,509 --> 00:17:34,928     How many sports in the world,        a negro can chase a white man    387 00:17:34,970 --> 00:17:37,765      and 40,000 people stand up                  and cheered?             388 00:17:37,806 --> 00:17:42,686        [laughter and applause]       389 00:17:42,728 --> 00:17:46,065       [Rock] Chappelle and Gregory             have a lot in common.        390 00:17:46,106 --> 00:17:51,111    Dave and Dick have this   really,             like, goddamn,            391 00:17:51,153 --> 00:17:54,782    you motherfuckers are relaxed.    392 00:17:54,823 --> 00:17:56,784         I kinda perform like                     they're gonna            393 00:17:56,825 --> 00:17:58,660        take the stage from me                   at any moment.            394 00:17:58,702 --> 00:18:00,287         Like, I've never been                  that comfortable.          395 00:18:00,329 --> 00:18:03,499         [Bell] Dick Gregory was            a pioneer in political comedy.  396 00:18:03,540 --> 00:18:06,085     He doesn't get enough credit             for being the bridge         397 00:18:06,126 --> 00:18:08,003  for Black comedians to come out            of the Chitlin' Circuit.      398 00:18:08,045 --> 00:18:10,214      He wasn't moving around a lot.  399 00:18:10,255 --> 00:18:13,425  He wasn't tap dancing. He's not,       like, selling out Black folks.  400 00:18:13,467 --> 00:18:14,760       In fact, he's standing up           for Black folks by saying,      401 00:18:14,802 --> 00:18:16,595           "I'm going to do                   the same things I do         402 00:18:16,637 --> 00:18:19,932     in front of a Black audience                     here,                403 00:18:19,973 --> 00:18:21,809           and they're actually                   more powerful here         404 00:18:21,850 --> 00:18:23,268    because the stakes are higher.    405 00:18:23,310 --> 00:18:24,728             20 years ago,            406 00:18:24,770 --> 00:18:26,146      the light-complected negro                  had it made.             407 00:18:26,188 --> 00:18:27,731              Today it's                    the dark-complected negro      408 00:18:27,773 --> 00:18:29,441           simply because of                  government contracts.        409 00:18:29,483 --> 00:18:32,528  In order for big business to get       good government contracts,      410 00:18:32,569 --> 00:18:35,072    today you'd have to hire negro        and white on an equal basis.     411 00:18:35,114 --> 00:18:37,574        So they go out and get         the blackest cat they can find.    412 00:18:37,616 --> 00:18:39,284              [laughter]              413 00:18:39,326 --> 00:18:40,869        So when that government           inspector walk in that plant,    414 00:18:40,911 --> 00:18:43,247            he can see him                     seven blocks away.          415 00:18:43,288 --> 00:18:44,790              [laughter]              416 00:18:44,832 --> 00:18:46,083          "Sir, you got one!"               "Darn right, we had one."      417 00:18:46,125 --> 00:18:47,376                  Oh.                 418 00:18:47,417 --> 00:18:50,045        [laughter and applause]       419 00:18:50,087 --> 00:18:56,093     His stage presence was, like,               just so smooth.           420 00:18:56,135 --> 00:18:58,554     I'll say thank you very much,           but never clap for me.        421 00:18:58,595 --> 00:19:01,890      Just take me to lunch when           it's not Brotherhood Week.      422 00:19:01,932 --> 00:19:05,561  He's saying powerful commentary.            It's like, damn,           423 00:19:05,602 --> 00:19:07,771         he's talking to these               white people like that?       424 00:19:07,813 --> 00:19:09,690      Where is he? Dick Gregory!      425 00:19:09,731 --> 00:19:11,024      Well, will you welcome now,                    please,               426 00:19:11,066 --> 00:19:12,651            on the stage of               the Little Theatre, Mister...    427 00:19:12,693 --> 00:19:14,153             Dick Gregory.            428 00:19:14,194 --> 00:19:18,323              [applause]              429 00:19:18,365 --> 00:19:21,910        [Dick] I developed quick,                watching television,        430 00:19:21,952 --> 00:19:24,538               Paar's show,                     all the comedy shows,        431 00:19:24,580 --> 00:19:26,790               Ed Sullivan,                  every form of entertainment     432 00:19:26,832 --> 00:19:30,252              I could watch,                     catching the people         433 00:19:30,294 --> 00:19:32,629              and developing                     new material on 'em.        434 00:19:32,671 --> 00:19:35,215       Next thing I knew, I had me      a little following going for me.  435 00:19:35,257 --> 00:19:36,967                                     436 00:19:37,009 --> 00:19:42,222           By Christmas of '58,                I could taste that fame.      437 00:19:42,264 --> 00:19:46,351          One Sunday afternoon,                a girl walked in there.       438 00:19:49,938 --> 00:19:53,609         Lillian Gregory was,         439 00:19:53,650 --> 00:19:55,861         in the truest sense,         440 00:19:55,903 --> 00:19:58,363      Dick Gregory's foundation.      441 00:19:58,405 --> 00:20:01,408          If you would call Greg                     in one city             442 00:20:01,450 --> 00:20:03,160         and ask him where he was             going next, he never knew.     443 00:20:03,202 --> 00:20:05,037          He'd say, "Call Lill."       444 00:20:05,078 --> 00:20:07,748        Every phone call I had                     with Greg,              445 00:20:07,789 --> 00:20:09,416        Lill was on the phone.        446 00:20:09,458 --> 00:20:12,002        At some point in the call,                    he'd say,              447 00:20:12,044 --> 00:20:14,379         "Lill, can you patch in                     Mark Lane?"             448 00:20:14,421 --> 00:20:17,090              And, you know,                     she was part of him.        449 00:20:17,132 --> 00:20:20,260        He could not have lived                 the life he did,           450 00:20:20,302 --> 00:20:23,222    nor could he have accomplished    451 00:20:23,263 --> 00:20:25,265        the things that he did                    without Lill.            452 00:20:25,307 --> 00:20:27,684                                     453 00:20:27,726 --> 00:20:32,773        In 1957, I was a secretary          at the University of Chicago,    454 00:20:32,814 --> 00:20:34,441            and he was running         455 00:20:34,483 --> 00:20:37,653       on the University of Chicago                  track team,             456 00:20:37,694 --> 00:20:40,614        and also he was appearing                   in a nightclub           457 00:20:40,656 --> 00:20:43,242            called the Esquire              on the South Side of Chicago.    458 00:20:43,283 --> 00:20:45,994      I really hadn't heard anything             about him before,          459 00:20:46,036 --> 00:20:48,121    but he was performing, and I--    460 00:20:48,163 --> 00:20:50,457        you know, and I really                 interested in him,          461 00:20:50,499 --> 00:20:52,459         and, uh, he came over               to the table and talked       462 00:20:52,501 --> 00:20:55,796     to my sister and a few other          friends that were with us,      463 00:20:55,837 --> 00:21:00,384      and then, in fact, I think       I came back the next night also.  464 00:21:00,425 --> 00:21:05,013           slow jazz music          465 00:21:05,055 --> 00:21:08,308                                     466 00:21:08,350 --> 00:21:09,643            [Dick] That's why                    it's always so nice         467 00:21:09,685 --> 00:21:11,395         to be polite to people.       468 00:21:11,436 --> 00:21:16,066            Because in walking                      to that table,           469 00:21:16,108 --> 00:21:19,403           I didn't know I was                   gonna meet my wife.         470 00:21:19,444 --> 00:21:23,490                                     471 00:21:23,532 --> 00:21:28,745       [Lillian] We were married in               February 2, 1959.          472 00:21:28,787 --> 00:21:31,665       [Dick] Have you checked out           the price of onions lately?     473 00:21:31,707 --> 00:21:34,167           You believe onions?         474 00:21:34,209 --> 00:21:35,669       'Cause onions are still how               my wife used to cry         475 00:21:35,711 --> 00:21:37,629           when she'd peel 'em.             She cry when she buy 'em now.    476 00:21:37,671 --> 00:21:39,339              [laughter]              477 00:21:39,381 --> 00:21:41,717                                     478 00:21:41,758 --> 00:21:45,345       [Christian] My mother worked         at the University of Chicago,    479 00:21:45,387 --> 00:21:47,180        and my father liked that.      480 00:21:47,222 --> 00:21:49,850          My father always liked                      intellect.             481 00:21:49,891 --> 00:21:53,395       She would type up his shows                 for that night.           482 00:21:53,437 --> 00:21:55,856        [Lillian] I used to go by             and see him after a night      483 00:21:55,897 --> 00:21:57,357        after I'd get off of work,     484 00:21:57,399 --> 00:21:58,608               and, uh,                     I would always bring him       485 00:21:58,650 --> 00:22:00,235    a lot of magazines and things.    486 00:22:00,277 --> 00:22:01,903                                     487 00:22:01,945 --> 00:22:03,363      He was always very interested    488 00:22:03,405 --> 00:22:07,451           in what was going on                     in the world.            489 00:22:07,492 --> 00:22:08,785               [Christian]                      My dad had a routine.        490 00:22:08,827 --> 00:22:10,203  He would look at the newspapers.  491 00:22:10,245 --> 00:22:12,497            He would highlight                   and he would extract        492 00:22:12,539 --> 00:22:15,542           that evening's show                 based on the front page.      493 00:22:15,584 --> 00:22:17,544         Kennedy and Khruschev               is arguing over Berlin,       494 00:22:17,586 --> 00:22:19,546        and pretty frightening.       495 00:22:19,588 --> 00:22:21,340        I think both these men                 have the one button         496 00:22:21,381 --> 00:22:23,967       they can push and do away              with the whole world.        497 00:22:24,009 --> 00:22:25,385       And the frightening thing                    about it               498 00:22:25,427 --> 00:22:27,846    is Kennedy's button is located           in Caroline's playroom.       499 00:22:27,888 --> 00:22:29,639              [laughter]              500 00:22:29,681 --> 00:22:33,727      He had that cool monotone,          and he'd tell a little story,    501 00:22:33,769 --> 00:22:37,230      and once he had you seduced        into the story he was telling,    502 00:22:37,272 --> 00:22:39,191     he would pop the color thing                    on you.               503 00:22:39,232 --> 00:22:40,859      A lot of people got caught               right in the middle         504 00:22:40,901 --> 00:22:45,697      of loving what he was doing        and then being given a message.  505 00:22:45,739 --> 00:22:47,449     And he was a genius at that.     506 00:22:47,491 --> 00:22:48,909         And we have a lot of              racial prejudice up north,      507 00:22:48,950 --> 00:22:51,411     but we're so clever with it.     508 00:22:51,453 --> 00:22:53,872      Take my old pal in Chicago.     509 00:22:53,914 --> 00:22:57,250       I mean, you can't see it            just...just going in there.     510 00:22:57,292 --> 00:22:59,544      But when negroes in Chicago           move into one large area,      511 00:22:59,586 --> 00:23:01,755       and it look like we might               control the votes,          512 00:23:01,797 --> 00:23:03,382    they don't say anything to us.    513 00:23:03,423 --> 00:23:05,300      They have a slum clearance.     514 00:23:05,342 --> 00:23:08,637              [laughter]              515 00:23:08,678 --> 00:23:13,225        - [cheers and applause]                - Mr. Tan? Mr. Tan?         516 00:23:13,266 --> 00:23:15,227        - Man, Tanman Moreland.              - Hey, Nipsey Russell.        517 00:23:15,268 --> 00:23:16,561        - Where have you been?              - What do you wanna know?      518 00:23:16,603 --> 00:23:17,979       - What...What you wanna--             - Where have you been?        519 00:23:18,021 --> 00:23:20,273           What do you know                   where I've been for?         520 00:23:20,315 --> 00:23:22,943        [Dick] You show nothing in             this country but my bad.      521 00:23:22,984 --> 00:23:27,572       Show my good. Show my good.     522 00:23:27,614 --> 00:23:29,574                                     523 00:23:29,616 --> 00:23:31,535       And we weren't really saying           take "Amos 'n' Andy" off.      524 00:23:31,576 --> 00:23:34,538      We were saying balance it out.  525 00:23:34,579 --> 00:23:37,582           Put the man on there         that's splitting all the verbs.    526 00:23:37,624 --> 00:23:39,793           But also, let me see                    my Ralph Bunche.          527 00:23:39,835 --> 00:23:42,462  Let me hear my Marian Anderson.    528 00:23:42,504 --> 00:23:46,258  Get me a negro news commentator.  529 00:23:46,299 --> 00:23:48,510           Then balance it out.        530 00:23:50,137 --> 00:23:51,888         See, wherever we call                     big crimes,             531 00:23:51,930 --> 00:23:56,017         which is pretty cool,           and, uh, we have small crimes,    532 00:23:56,059 --> 00:23:58,145       which they hang you for.                   - [laughter]             533 00:23:58,186 --> 00:23:59,688         No, no, I mean, like                     a guy go out,            534 00:23:59,729 --> 00:24:01,690       and he's been on relief,           and his check hasn't shown up    535 00:24:01,731 --> 00:24:03,525         in, like, six months.        536 00:24:03,567 --> 00:24:04,818       His war disability check             haven't shown in a year.       537 00:24:04,860 --> 00:24:07,821        And he sticks up a bank                for about $20,000.          538 00:24:07,863 --> 00:24:10,866     They catch him. He get about            four years in Alcatraz.       539 00:24:10,907 --> 00:24:13,034    The president of that same bank              embezzled it             540 00:24:13,076 --> 00:24:16,079     for, like, $2 million, he get     three years' suspended sentence.  541 00:24:16,121 --> 00:24:18,957        [laughter and applause]       542 00:24:18,999 --> 00:24:23,503      [Christian] He took that power        at the height of his career     543 00:24:23,545 --> 00:24:26,506     to do a step that most people             didn't see coming.          544 00:24:26,548 --> 00:24:29,342    Pretty early on, he was willing            to give his time,          545 00:24:29,384 --> 00:24:32,846           which was money,               when you were an entertainer     546 00:24:32,888 --> 00:24:34,181     who could be booked probably        three or four different cities    547 00:24:34,222 --> 00:24:36,016          in any given night.         548 00:24:36,057 --> 00:24:40,020      And then in the fall of 1962,          he goes down to Mississippi,    549 00:24:40,061 --> 00:24:42,105      and that will change his life.  550 00:24:42,147 --> 00:24:47,360            ominous music           551 00:24:48,904 --> 00:24:52,949  [Dick] Everything was all right,        but, uh, something missing.     552 00:24:52,991 --> 00:24:58,330                                     553 00:25:01,333 --> 00:25:03,418               [Christian]                      The folks in the North       554 00:25:03,460 --> 00:25:05,295       continued to see the images               in the news reports         555 00:25:05,337 --> 00:25:07,589          of what was happening                      down South.             556 00:25:07,631 --> 00:25:09,674          See, just one thing                    I have learned.           557 00:25:09,716 --> 00:25:11,426        They're not bad folks,        558 00:25:11,468 --> 00:25:14,971        provided you can treat               a negro like a nigger.        559 00:25:15,013 --> 00:25:16,890                                     560 00:25:16,932 --> 00:25:18,517         It was a time of terror,      561 00:25:18,558 --> 00:25:22,729       and I'm not exaggerating                    with that.              562 00:25:22,771 --> 00:25:27,817      Um...the system, as it was,                was determined            563 00:25:27,859 --> 00:25:30,695     not to allow people of color     564 00:25:30,737 --> 00:25:34,115      the opportunity to register                 and to vote.             565 00:25:35,909 --> 00:25:41,248      The clerk, who might have had            a sixth grade education,      566 00:25:41,289 --> 00:25:47,420      and a person of color may have          had a college education,      567 00:25:47,462 --> 00:25:50,340          could simply throw                     your sheet out.           568 00:25:50,382 --> 00:25:52,425      [man] I would think certainly,  569 00:25:52,467 --> 00:25:54,261           that it would not be                    for the welfare           570 00:25:54,302 --> 00:25:59,391         of any community to have           illiterate, uneducated people    571 00:25:59,432 --> 00:26:03,562           to be able to vote.         572 00:26:03,603 --> 00:26:06,022        [Dick] The demonstrations       started in Jackson, Mississippi.  573 00:26:06,064 --> 00:26:09,818            I read about 'em,           I listened to 'em on the radio,    574 00:26:09,859 --> 00:26:11,444          I looked at 'em on TV.       575 00:26:11,486 --> 00:26:15,073            And I told myself,          what those negroes do down there  576 00:26:15,115 --> 00:26:18,743          don't affect my life.        577 00:26:18,785 --> 00:26:21,580         I was definitely afraid.      578 00:26:23,582 --> 00:26:28,086     It seems like he was getting              more and more aware         579 00:26:28,128 --> 00:26:31,506      of the civil rights thing,          I guess maybe during the time    580 00:26:31,548 --> 00:26:34,175        that Martin Luther King                 came into being,           581 00:26:34,217 --> 00:26:38,513           and being known.           582 00:26:38,555 --> 00:26:41,808             The future of                the United States of America     583 00:26:41,850 --> 00:26:46,313      may well be determined here                in Mississippi.           584 00:26:46,354 --> 00:26:48,815       But it's here that democracy    585 00:26:48,857 --> 00:26:53,820              faces its most                      serious challenge.         586 00:27:01,911 --> 00:27:04,789        And I realized if I can                  subject myself            587 00:27:04,831 --> 00:27:07,709      to go to a foreign country,            lay on some cold dirt,        588 00:27:07,751 --> 00:27:11,755    take a chance of losing my life       to guarantee some foreigner     589 00:27:11,796 --> 00:27:14,674       a better way of life than          my own family has in America,    590 00:27:14,716 --> 00:27:16,551           then it's a must                   that I get involved.         591 00:27:16,593 --> 00:27:20,305                                     592 00:27:20,347 --> 00:27:24,351        He was a very wealthy man.     593 00:27:25,268 --> 00:27:29,606         When Medgar called him,       594 00:27:29,648 --> 00:27:31,816       he could have sent a check.     595 00:27:31,858 --> 00:27:33,902                                     596 00:27:33,943 --> 00:27:37,572      Instead he went to Mississippi       and put his life on the line.    597 00:27:37,614 --> 00:27:39,449                                     598 00:27:39,491 --> 00:27:40,825            He never stopped.          599 00:27:40,867 --> 00:27:44,871             From the moment                   he went to Mississippi,       600 00:27:44,913 --> 00:27:49,292         he never stopped putting               his life on the line.        601 00:27:49,334 --> 00:27:51,878      [man] Where you're going, have        you been given any warning?     602 00:27:51,920 --> 00:27:54,881     I just play it by ear, and I         think if I can sit in a room     603 00:27:54,923 --> 00:27:56,841       and entertain a room full                   of drunks,              604 00:27:56,883 --> 00:28:00,720        I can go to Mississippi             in a dry state. [laughs]       605 00:28:00,762 --> 00:28:02,097             [jet roaring]            606 00:28:02,138 --> 00:28:05,266                                     607 00:28:05,308 --> 00:28:06,893               [Christian]                      I don't think in 1962        608 00:28:06,935 --> 00:28:08,978            my father thought                 an invitation he received      609 00:28:09,020 --> 00:28:10,563            from Medgar Evers          610 00:28:10,605 --> 00:28:12,524            to come and speak               at voter registration rallies    611 00:28:12,565 --> 00:28:15,068         in Jackson, Mississippi,             was gonna change his life.     612 00:28:15,110 --> 00:28:17,904        [Evers] Now for many of us             who have gone overseas,       613 00:28:17,946 --> 00:28:22,826         fought for this country,              fought for Mississippi,       614 00:28:22,867 --> 00:28:26,496          we fought for Alabama,            we fought for North Carolina,    615 00:28:26,538 --> 00:28:28,206         we fought for Illinois,       616 00:28:28,248 --> 00:28:30,709      and we fought for every state                 in this union.           617 00:28:30,750 --> 00:28:32,210               [Christian]                     Medgar being a sergeant       618 00:28:32,252 --> 00:28:35,922              who had fought                      in the Korean War,         619 00:28:35,964 --> 00:28:39,843  Medgar was fearless. Medgar was         the first person I ever heard    620 00:28:39,884 --> 00:28:43,138            my father describe               as if they were superhuman.     621 00:28:43,179 --> 00:28:45,932       The two of them hit it off.     622 00:28:45,974 --> 00:28:50,311         They were...brothers.        623 00:28:50,353 --> 00:28:55,233  Stronger, I believe, than blood.  624 00:28:55,275 --> 00:28:59,821     Both the same goal--justice.     625 00:28:59,863 --> 00:29:03,241         Dick knew how to take                   a heated issue,           626 00:29:03,283 --> 00:29:07,412    bring humor, and move forward.    627 00:29:07,454 --> 00:29:09,998         It encouraged people.        628 00:29:10,039 --> 00:29:12,625          See, I had a dream                 about Clark last night.       629 00:29:12,667 --> 00:29:14,669              [laughter]              630 00:29:14,711 --> 00:29:16,713      I was...I was dreaming that                    this...               631 00:29:16,755 --> 00:29:18,798    this white citizen council guy    632 00:29:18,840 --> 00:29:24,012            who was drunk,               driving about 90 miles an hour    633 00:29:24,053 --> 00:29:27,599     and he hit two demonstrators                 accidentally,            634 00:29:27,640 --> 00:29:30,059            didn't mean to.                     - [man] Go ahead.          635 00:29:30,101 --> 00:29:35,148         And Clark showed up,                 and one demonstrator         636 00:29:35,190 --> 00:29:38,902    flew about 500 yards in the air      and bounced off in the field,    637 00:29:38,943 --> 00:29:41,154      and the other demonstrator                  came through             638 00:29:41,196 --> 00:29:46,034         the dashboard window             and landed in the front seat.    639 00:29:46,075 --> 00:29:49,537       And Clark got to whuppin'           this cat about being drunk      640 00:29:49,579 --> 00:29:51,581        until he found out that       641 00:29:51,623 --> 00:29:54,751      those were two colored cats                  he had hit.             642 00:29:54,793 --> 00:29:57,420      And he went and he arrested              the one colored guy         643 00:29:57,462 --> 00:29:58,630  that was 500 yards down the road  644 00:29:58,671 --> 00:30:01,424         for leaving the scene                   of an accident.           645 00:30:01,466 --> 00:30:04,302              [laughter,                       scattered applause]         646 00:30:04,344 --> 00:30:06,429         And the one that came               through the windshield,       647 00:30:06,471 --> 00:30:09,265             he booked him                 for breaking and entering.      648 00:30:09,307 --> 00:30:14,521        [laughter and applause]       649 00:30:19,067 --> 00:30:22,111        [Dick] I had no intentions                on demonstrating.          650 00:30:22,153 --> 00:30:25,198             None whatsoever.          651 00:30:25,240 --> 00:30:26,699  I was scared enough just knowing  652 00:30:26,741 --> 00:30:31,037       I was going to an area where           there were demonstrations.     653 00:30:31,079 --> 00:30:34,707            And after speaking                to these people that night     654 00:30:34,749 --> 00:30:38,044          and seeing the beauty                    of these people           655 00:30:38,086 --> 00:30:41,714          and seeing the police               harassment at the church,      656 00:30:41,756 --> 00:30:43,049         and not one negro doctor      657 00:30:43,091 --> 00:30:44,884          which means when these                  negro demonstrate,         658 00:30:44,926 --> 00:30:46,845        that mean they forfeiting            all their medical attention,    659 00:30:46,886 --> 00:30:49,222          I'm looking at a man,               that when he demonstrates,     660 00:30:49,264 --> 00:30:53,560         he's gonna get his name            and his picture in the paper.    661 00:30:53,601 --> 00:30:55,728            And if I must die                       with him, man,           662 00:30:55,770 --> 00:30:57,605           I couldn't think of                  a better way of dying.       663 00:31:00,066 --> 00:31:03,778       In doing this, I know you'll     kill yourself in show business.    664 00:31:03,820 --> 00:31:06,322          And I called up Lill,                  and I said, "Honey,         665 00:31:06,364 --> 00:31:08,741  are you willing to eat in a tent  666 00:31:08,783 --> 00:31:11,703       and go back to where we were                  for right?"             667 00:31:11,744 --> 00:31:13,329            And she said yes.          668 00:31:13,371 --> 00:31:17,584       She told me as she's told me              so many other times,        669 00:31:17,625 --> 00:31:22,422  that the true test of a rich man   is strip him of all his wealth,    670 00:31:22,463 --> 00:31:24,173      then see how much he's worth.    671 00:31:24,215 --> 00:31:26,467                 [static]              672 00:31:36,060 --> 00:31:39,230           [amplified voice]                This is an announcement.       673 00:31:39,272 --> 00:31:44,277      We will ask you to proceed               in smaller groups.          674 00:31:44,319 --> 00:31:47,113  And a bunch of illiterate whites       that probably couldn't even     675 00:31:47,155 --> 00:31:50,950       pass the test themselves.           That's what you're seeing.      676 00:31:50,992 --> 00:31:53,786          - Guns and sticks.                   - Guns and sticks.          677 00:31:53,828 --> 00:31:56,122             - In America.                         - Exactly.              678 00:31:56,164 --> 00:31:58,833           - [man] Yes, man.           - Get a good look at their faces  679 00:31:58,875 --> 00:32:00,627       so the rest of the world                    can see it.             680 00:32:00,668 --> 00:32:02,170                - Yeah.                    - See what they look like.      681 00:32:02,211 --> 00:32:06,799         [Lipsyte] A civil rights             demonstration in the South     682 00:32:06,841 --> 00:32:09,594           was in grave danger.        683 00:32:09,636 --> 00:32:15,475      Dogs, fire hoses, truncheons,                     guns,                684 00:32:15,516 --> 00:32:18,394     but if Dick Gregory flew down    685 00:32:18,436 --> 00:32:21,981       to wherever, Mississippi,      686 00:32:22,023 --> 00:32:25,735      for a rights demonstration,     687 00:32:25,777 --> 00:32:30,573     one of the network news crews                would follow.            688 00:32:30,615 --> 00:32:32,992           But he also knew                 that the cameras being on      689 00:32:33,034 --> 00:32:35,954          does not protect me             from getting hurt or killed.     690 00:32:35,995 --> 00:32:41,250      [indistinct conversations]      691 00:32:41,292 --> 00:32:43,920      [Lillian] When I'd see things          on TV of him being arrested,    692 00:32:43,962 --> 00:32:45,838       you know, I really would get                a little upset,           693 00:32:45,880 --> 00:32:48,549          and, uh, at that time,               we just had two children      694 00:32:48,591 --> 00:32:50,176      and, you know, "Why is Daddy,    695 00:32:50,218 --> 00:32:52,845            you know, why are                 they putting him in jail?"     696 00:32:52,887 --> 00:32:56,557                                     697 00:32:56,599 --> 00:33:00,353                  [Dick]                     This is where we are today.     698 00:33:00,395 --> 00:33:04,732  This is what we fightin' for...    699 00:33:04,774 --> 00:33:08,987          to free this country.        700 00:33:09,028 --> 00:33:12,031            Make this country                   America the beautiful.       701 00:33:14,993 --> 00:33:20,039    He upset people. He really made         people wanna kill him.        702 00:33:20,081 --> 00:33:23,042          I mean, I got hundreds                   of death threats          703 00:33:23,084 --> 00:33:26,838        about how they were gonna            kill him at a certain place.    704 00:33:26,879 --> 00:33:28,339       [Lillian] People would call.    705 00:33:28,381 --> 00:33:30,049           They were gon' come                     kill all of us.           706 00:33:30,091 --> 00:33:31,968          "And gonna come get                  your nigger kids,"          707 00:33:32,010 --> 00:33:36,639      just many, many bad calls,           many, many very bad calls.      708 00:33:38,683 --> 00:33:41,144       [Dick] You can feel a town.     709 00:33:41,185 --> 00:33:45,565          You can sense a town,                   sense the police.          710 00:33:45,606 --> 00:33:47,900         And there's a stillness                      in a town              711 00:33:47,942 --> 00:33:50,319  before something's gonna happen.  712 00:33:50,361 --> 00:33:55,575          I felt that someone...       713 00:33:55,616 --> 00:33:57,702           was gonna be killed.        714 00:33:57,744 --> 00:34:01,748           poignant music           715 00:34:01,789 --> 00:34:05,293       I decided to go the long way                   to Chicago             716 00:34:05,334 --> 00:34:09,380            to stop by and see                  the wife and the kids,       717 00:34:09,422 --> 00:34:13,134          only to explain to her        that if anything happened to me,  718 00:34:13,176 --> 00:34:15,428             if I got killed,          719 00:34:15,470 --> 00:34:19,098        that she would never raise              those kids with hate.        720 00:34:19,140 --> 00:34:21,517  I would feel I had died in vain         if my kids turned out hating.    721 00:34:21,559 --> 00:34:24,437                                     722 00:34:24,479 --> 00:34:26,105       Always had a lot of trouble                    with Lill              723 00:34:26,147 --> 00:34:29,525        because I was on the road                when they were born.        724 00:34:29,567 --> 00:34:32,028                                     725 00:34:32,070 --> 00:34:33,946         Dick Junior was laying                  in the bed, crying,         726 00:34:33,988 --> 00:34:38,743      so I tipped him in the room,              and I picked him up,         727 00:34:38,785 --> 00:34:41,788         and he stopped crying,                    and he'd smile.           728 00:34:41,829 --> 00:34:45,792            Lill walked out.                  She was so happy because       729 00:34:45,833 --> 00:34:47,126        I was playing with my son,     730 00:34:47,168 --> 00:34:51,798        kiss my daughter Michele,      731 00:34:51,839 --> 00:34:55,301         kiss my daughter Lynne,       732 00:34:55,343 --> 00:35:00,264    said Daddy's gonna try to make          it a better world for you.      733 00:35:00,306 --> 00:35:02,767         [Lillian] He really had               a feeling that something      734 00:35:02,809 --> 00:35:04,644            was gonna happen.          735 00:35:04,685 --> 00:35:06,813       He really didn't know what,     736 00:35:06,854 --> 00:35:10,566          but he just really had                    a bad feeling.           737 00:35:10,608 --> 00:35:14,153                                     738 00:35:14,195 --> 00:35:16,197           [Dick] Medgar Evers                 woke me up that morning       739 00:35:16,239 --> 00:35:20,159            with a phone call.         740 00:35:20,201 --> 00:35:22,578  Asked Medgar what had happened.            He said he didn't know.       741 00:35:22,620 --> 00:35:25,873      He tried to make me call home,                and I said,             742 00:35:25,915 --> 00:35:28,876         "Medgar, what happened?"      743 00:35:28,918 --> 00:35:34,298       A man as brave as Medgar...     744 00:35:34,340 --> 00:35:36,634            couldn't tell me.          745 00:35:36,676 --> 00:35:42,098          Because when he said,                  "Your son is dead,"         746 00:35:42,140 --> 00:35:44,433          he almost said it like              he had killed him himself.     747 00:35:44,475 --> 00:35:49,438                                     748 00:35:49,480 --> 00:35:51,023           This can't be true.         749 00:35:51,065 --> 00:35:53,818            I just held him...         750 00:35:53,860 --> 00:35:57,613          only a few hours ago.        751 00:35:57,655 --> 00:35:59,782            So I called home.                 Lill picked up the phone,      752 00:35:59,824 --> 00:36:01,033          and she was screaming.       753 00:36:01,075 --> 00:36:05,246                She said,                      "Greg, Richard's dead."       754 00:36:05,288 --> 00:36:08,124                                     755 00:36:08,166 --> 00:36:13,462    I said, "Honey, I'll be there.    756 00:36:13,504 --> 00:36:16,048        I love you very much."        757 00:36:16,090 --> 00:36:21,345                                     758 00:36:33,691 --> 00:36:37,570      Never will forget that Medgar             cried when he told me.       759 00:36:37,612 --> 00:36:41,699       He was sorry I was leaving,                but he understood,         760 00:36:41,741 --> 00:36:44,410       got out of town, not knowing               that that would be         761 00:36:44,452 --> 00:36:47,205    the last time I would ever see              Medgar Evers alive.         762 00:36:47,246 --> 00:36:51,876                                     763 00:36:51,918 --> 00:36:55,713           I knew my husband                  was gonna be killed.         764 00:36:55,755 --> 00:36:59,592               We knew it.             765 00:36:59,634 --> 00:37:02,762       He pulled into the driveway.    766 00:37:04,347 --> 00:37:06,641       And I remember our children                     saying,               767 00:37:06,682 --> 00:37:09,727      "Daddy's home, Daddy's home."    768 00:37:09,769 --> 00:37:13,064  And in the process of getting up             to go to the door,         769 00:37:13,105 --> 00:37:15,316            a shot was heard.          770 00:37:15,358 --> 00:37:19,362                                     771 00:37:19,403 --> 00:37:21,989       And I think of all the blood                   on my car              772 00:37:22,031 --> 00:37:26,369          as he tried, struggled                      to get in              773 00:37:26,410 --> 00:37:31,249          and fell at the steps             with the door key in his hand.  774 00:37:31,290 --> 00:37:34,585                                     775 00:37:34,627 --> 00:37:38,798           That nightmare...          776 00:37:38,839 --> 00:37:41,634             never leaves.            777 00:37:41,676 --> 00:37:43,719      [siren wailing in distance]     778 00:37:43,761 --> 00:37:45,638             The only reason           779 00:37:45,680 --> 00:37:49,433               Dick Gregory                   was not with Medgar Evers      780 00:37:49,475 --> 00:37:52,311        on the night Medgar Evers                was shot and killed,        781 00:37:52,353 --> 00:37:55,648      is because his child had died                  in his sleep            782 00:37:55,690 --> 00:37:57,233           at three months old.        783 00:37:57,275 --> 00:37:59,944          I don't think anything                    less than that           784 00:37:59,986 --> 00:38:01,862           you could have pried                      Dick Gregory            785 00:38:01,904 --> 00:38:03,364         away from Medgar Evers.       786 00:38:03,406 --> 00:38:06,492                                     787 00:38:06,534 --> 00:38:08,828  [Dick] Funny about a great man,                 when he dies,            788 00:38:08,869 --> 00:38:10,830            if the whole world                     didn't know him,          789 00:38:10,871 --> 00:38:13,582  the whole world learns, and they         can decide for themselves.     790 00:38:13,624 --> 00:38:16,252          They had decided that        791 00:38:16,294 --> 00:38:21,048         we had lost a great man                   in this country.          792 00:38:21,090 --> 00:38:22,049          It's a strange world.        793 00:38:22,091 --> 00:38:25,428                                     794 00:38:25,469 --> 00:38:28,180        To quit demonstrating,        795 00:38:28,222 --> 00:38:32,768    we want complete desegregation          of all public facilities       796 00:38:32,810 --> 00:38:34,312     and all the charges dropped.     797 00:38:34,353 --> 00:38:37,231       Now we're not gonna stop            for nothing short of this.      798 00:38:37,273 --> 00:38:38,441              [applause]              799 00:38:38,482 --> 00:38:42,111       Police dogs is not enough                    no more.               800 00:38:42,153 --> 00:38:43,571         If they don't give us                  this demand here,          801 00:38:43,612 --> 00:38:45,448      they better go out and try           to put smoke in the barrel      802 00:38:45,489 --> 00:38:47,158           in the contract.           803 00:38:47,199 --> 00:38:48,534        [laughter and applause]       804 00:38:48,576 --> 00:38:52,705                                     805 00:38:52,747 --> 00:38:54,832       We went to southern Atlanta.    806 00:38:54,874 --> 00:38:57,209        People all over the world                 should understand          807 00:38:57,251 --> 00:39:01,130            the American negro               will not be told any longer     808 00:39:01,172 --> 00:39:05,426        that it's gonna take time               to solve this problem.       809 00:39:05,468 --> 00:39:08,387          There's no more time.             We don't want a man to tell us  810 00:39:08,429 --> 00:39:12,141         that we're gonna get it,            that we have to understand.     811 00:39:12,183 --> 00:39:14,393      When you're out demonstrating                 in the street,           812 00:39:14,435 --> 00:39:17,938       the social revolution is on,             and it's gonna stay on       813 00:39:17,980 --> 00:39:20,399         until the negro receives                    full rights.            814 00:39:20,441 --> 00:39:23,402        We don't want these rights                    tomorrow.              815 00:39:23,444 --> 00:39:26,447     We don't want 'em next week.          We don't want 'em tonight.      816 00:39:26,489 --> 00:39:31,035     We want what we are demanding             right this minute.          817 00:39:35,122 --> 00:39:37,416          He is without doubt                 the most talked about        818 00:39:37,458 --> 00:39:39,335      and written about comedian                in show business,          819 00:39:39,377 --> 00:39:41,712          not necessarily on             the amusement pages these days    820 00:39:41,754 --> 00:39:43,964     but right on the front page.     821 00:39:44,006 --> 00:39:46,258          Uh, I think he has                    some provocative           822 00:39:46,300 --> 00:39:48,636        and interesting things            to say to all of us tonight.     823 00:39:48,677 --> 00:39:51,972     I'm sure he has. So would you          all welcome Dick Gregory?      824 00:39:52,014 --> 00:39:56,352              [applause,                    band playing jazz music]       825 00:39:56,394 --> 00:39:59,730                                     826 00:39:59,772 --> 00:40:01,565     The government realized when        negroes are integrating things    827 00:40:01,607 --> 00:40:04,944           in America today,                in about six more months,      828 00:40:04,985 --> 00:40:07,405    they're gonna be forced to hire   negro bus drivers in Mississippi  829 00:40:07,446 --> 00:40:08,614  so we're growing steering wheels  830 00:40:08,656 --> 00:40:10,032           so they can drive                from the back of the bus.      831 00:40:10,074 --> 00:40:12,910              [laughter]              832 00:40:12,952 --> 00:40:14,703              [applause]              833 00:40:14,745 --> 00:40:16,288       I received a letter one day                   informing me            834 00:40:16,330 --> 00:40:20,126             that I had made                    Who's Who in America.        835 00:40:22,753 --> 00:40:28,426         This is why I'm willing              to lay down my life, die,      836 00:40:28,467 --> 00:40:30,428           'cause no place else                      but America             837 00:40:30,469 --> 00:40:32,513       could a man born and raised                    on relief              838 00:40:32,555 --> 00:40:36,851            from 1932 to 1952,                 through 11 years later,       839 00:40:36,892 --> 00:40:41,188       I made Who's Who in America.    840 00:40:41,230 --> 00:40:45,651                  Yeah.                      This is worth fighting for.     841 00:40:45,693 --> 00:40:47,987                                     842 00:40:48,028 --> 00:40:51,657       Trying to save this country.    843 00:40:51,699 --> 00:40:55,703      You see, bread in your stomach               means nothing            844 00:40:55,744 --> 00:40:57,371      when you're walking around                with a full belly          845 00:40:57,413 --> 00:41:01,917     but your soul has been robbed                 of dignity.             846 00:41:01,959 --> 00:41:06,005     All right. Now I'd rather die              trying to be free          847 00:41:06,046 --> 00:41:09,300         than be a full slave.        848 00:41:09,341 --> 00:41:10,342          [audience murmurs]          849 00:41:17,057 --> 00:41:19,852      [indistinct conversations]      850 00:41:19,894 --> 00:41:23,522         [applause continues]         851 00:41:23,564 --> 00:41:26,442        [Healy] Whenever Dr. King              called, Dick was there.       852 00:41:26,484 --> 00:41:29,612      He was kind of his front man.    853 00:41:29,653 --> 00:41:32,656     If Dr. King wanted him to go            and bother Bull Connor,       854 00:41:32,698 --> 00:41:36,202      he would send him in a week           before Dr. King arrived.       855 00:41:36,243 --> 00:41:37,870         That's how he did it.        856 00:41:37,912 --> 00:41:39,413     And Dick would go down there         and speak maybe at a college     857 00:41:39,455 --> 00:41:41,832         or a community event            or it's in the Black community    858 00:41:41,874 --> 00:41:44,043         or at a Black church,        859 00:41:44,084 --> 00:41:46,670          but he'd go down there             and aggravate and stir it up    860 00:41:46,712 --> 00:41:50,049            so when we arrive,              we can make something happen.    861 00:41:50,090 --> 00:41:52,927  There'll be somebody listening,         there'll be somebody talking.    862 00:41:52,968 --> 00:41:54,428            [Bell] As a comic,                I can look at Dick Gregory     863 00:41:54,470 --> 00:41:57,223       and tell that he was killing                in that moment,           864 00:41:57,264 --> 00:41:58,307        'cause he has that look                  that comics get           865 00:41:58,349 --> 00:41:59,475       when they've just gotten                    a big laugh             866 00:41:59,517 --> 00:42:01,852     and said, "Yeah, I did that."                  [laughs]               867 00:42:01,894 --> 00:42:04,104          And I don't know that                I've ever seen a picture      868 00:42:04,146 --> 00:42:06,440        of Martin Luther King Jr.           where he looked that relaxed,    869 00:42:06,482 --> 00:42:08,651            and he looks like,              "Dick, you take it from here.    870 00:42:08,692 --> 00:42:10,402              I'm-a sit here                     and just enjoy it."         871 00:42:10,444 --> 00:42:12,696                [Lillian]                      Dick, being a comedian,       872 00:42:12,738 --> 00:42:16,367       he was always telling Martin           a funny joke or something,     873 00:42:16,408 --> 00:42:18,369    and then Martin would just roar             with laughter.            874 00:42:18,410 --> 00:42:20,037         I mean, he just loved                  to talk to Dick,           875 00:42:20,079 --> 00:42:22,039      you know, 'cause he would--              you know, Dick had          876 00:42:22,081 --> 00:42:24,208           something to say                     about everything.          877 00:42:24,250 --> 00:42:26,252               [Christian]                      My father and Dr. King       878 00:42:26,293 --> 00:42:29,046           became good friends,                      confidantes.            879 00:42:29,088 --> 00:42:31,924      They realized that their time                 on this earth            880 00:42:31,966 --> 00:42:36,428       would probably be cut short.    881 00:42:36,470 --> 00:42:39,348          [Connor] You can never                   whip these birds          882 00:42:39,390 --> 00:42:41,350            if you don't keep                   you and them separate.       883 00:42:41,392 --> 00:42:43,936    I found that out in Birmingham.  884 00:42:43,978 --> 00:42:46,272     You've got to keep the white            and the Black separate.       885 00:42:46,313 --> 00:42:51,110           dramatic music           886 00:42:51,151 --> 00:42:56,532                                     887 00:43:02,580 --> 00:43:04,915        [Dick] I'm standing there                    at the door             888 00:43:04,957 --> 00:43:07,668      with my hands around the bars,  889 00:43:07,710 --> 00:43:09,920       and I'm thinking about Lill,            I'm thinking about home.      890 00:43:09,962 --> 00:43:11,839         [indistinct shouting]        891 00:43:11,880 --> 00:43:17,386          And Bull Connor, them,        they come in with baseball bats.  892 00:43:17,428 --> 00:43:19,430    [crowd shouting and screaming]    893 00:43:19,471 --> 00:43:21,640           They beat me so bad                  with the baseball bats       894 00:43:21,682 --> 00:43:22,975       and had done a larger area,     895 00:43:23,017 --> 00:43:25,269              that probably                     would have killed me.        896 00:43:25,311 --> 00:43:27,313          [indistinct shouting,                     water rushing]           897 00:43:27,354 --> 00:43:31,984         My...my arms swolled up            so it tore my suit right off.    898 00:43:32,026 --> 00:43:36,155                                     899 00:43:36,196 --> 00:43:39,491         I didn't wanna complain                because I didn't know        900 00:43:39,533 --> 00:43:40,784  if they would take me someplace    901 00:43:40,826 --> 00:43:43,621             where they would                      amputate my arm.          902 00:43:43,662 --> 00:43:48,167                                     903 00:43:48,208 --> 00:43:50,669         Five guards came by.          That's when they opened the door  904 00:43:50,711 --> 00:43:52,796      and started to come inside,         and that's when I walked out     905 00:43:52,838 --> 00:43:55,007    rather than have the kids here,  906 00:43:55,049 --> 00:43:57,551     and this is when the beating                  took place.             907 00:43:57,593 --> 00:44:02,765             Birmingham woke                     a lot of people up.         908 00:44:02,806 --> 00:44:07,186          Birmingham woke us up                     to this cancer           909 00:44:07,227 --> 00:44:09,313       it is not too late to cure.     910 00:44:09,355 --> 00:44:13,275        And if America wants to be                    a doctor,              911 00:44:13,317 --> 00:44:16,820         we have to be the doctor                   to cure this.            912 00:44:16,862 --> 00:44:19,406       I would like to introduce                  very briefly             913 00:44:19,448 --> 00:44:24,078    a comedian fresh from the jail,            Mr. Dick Gregory.          914 00:44:24,119 --> 00:44:29,249         [cheers and applause]        915 00:44:32,586 --> 00:44:34,546          [applause subsides]         916 00:44:34,588 --> 00:44:35,714            I'd like to say                   thank you very much,         917 00:44:35,756 --> 00:44:39,385    and it's a pleasure being here    918 00:44:39,426 --> 00:44:43,722      and nice being out of jail.                 - [laughter]             919 00:44:43,764 --> 00:44:46,558    And I'm very confused this year         because I never thought       920 00:44:46,600 --> 00:44:48,060  I'd see the day I would give out  921 00:44:48,102 --> 00:44:50,229           more fingerprints                    than autographs.           922 00:44:50,270 --> 00:44:51,563              [laughter]              923 00:44:51,605 --> 00:44:56,026      [Bellamy] People have no idea.  924 00:44:56,068 --> 00:45:00,364          You know, he would not              compromise his integrity,      925 00:45:00,406 --> 00:45:03,534      making $5,000-plus a night      926 00:45:03,575 --> 00:45:06,787      and gave that up to go down     927 00:45:06,829 --> 00:45:09,707           with Medgar Evers                      and Dr. King.            928 00:45:09,748 --> 00:45:13,585        His economic situation                  totally, totally           929 00:45:13,627 --> 00:45:15,087         went down the toilet.        930 00:45:15,129 --> 00:45:16,714     What about the, uh, contracts    931 00:45:16,755 --> 00:45:20,134       that you have to perform                    elsewhere?              932 00:45:20,175 --> 00:45:21,677    What are you doing about those?  933 00:45:21,719 --> 00:45:24,513    Well, the only ones that I have           to worry about now          934 00:45:24,555 --> 00:45:27,015       are the ones as of today,            'cause when I'm in jail,       935 00:45:27,057 --> 00:45:28,642          those contracts are               automatically forfeited.       936 00:45:28,684 --> 00:45:30,894        It'll just be a matter                of calling my manager        937 00:45:30,936 --> 00:45:33,605     and just canceling everything        out straight across the board    938 00:45:33,647 --> 00:45:36,525  until...until I get out of here.  939 00:45:36,567 --> 00:45:38,610                [Madison]                     Dick used all his credit.      940 00:45:38,652 --> 00:45:42,614        He would come back from           a protest or a demonstration,    941 00:45:42,656 --> 00:45:45,743       and the mortgage payment                     was due,               942 00:45:45,784 --> 00:45:47,870       and they didn't know how              they were gonna pay it.       943 00:45:47,911 --> 00:45:50,539        [Belafonte] Well, not many             people in entertainment       944 00:45:50,581 --> 00:45:53,542        that, uh, rocked the boat.     945 00:45:53,584 --> 00:45:57,463    They were all very intimidated                with the fact            946 00:45:57,504 --> 00:45:59,715             that whether                     they made commentary,        947 00:45:59,757 --> 00:46:02,968           the establishment                would fall down on them,       948 00:46:03,010 --> 00:46:06,346          so for a long time,             Black humorists remained mute    949 00:46:06,388 --> 00:46:09,975              until Richard.           950 00:46:10,017 --> 00:46:11,935         [Williams] He really was            out of money and, you know,     951 00:46:11,977 --> 00:46:14,021       because he was giving it all           the civil rights movement,     952 00:46:14,062 --> 00:46:16,523       and some of his children                   needed money,            953 00:46:16,565 --> 00:46:17,983         uh, to go to school,                 because some of them         954 00:46:18,025 --> 00:46:19,318       were in private schools.       955 00:46:19,359 --> 00:46:22,029         He was given a check                    by a gentleman            956 00:46:22,070 --> 00:46:25,824      by the name of Bertram Lee             to pay for this tuition       957 00:46:25,866 --> 00:46:28,786            for his children,               but then he saw Hosea Williams  958 00:46:28,827 --> 00:46:32,539             down in Atlanta                     and found that Hosea        959 00:46:32,581 --> 00:46:35,417      had been beaten up very badly,                 bloodied,              960 00:46:35,459 --> 00:46:36,835          and he needed money                   because he said,           961 00:46:36,877 --> 00:46:38,670  "We're going back in two weeks."  962 00:46:38,712 --> 00:46:40,839        And he just signed over                     the check              963 00:46:40,881 --> 00:46:43,592        that he had just gotten           for his children's education     964 00:46:43,634 --> 00:46:46,011        because he said what Hosea                    was doing              965 00:46:46,053 --> 00:46:48,931            was more important              than his children's education,  966 00:46:48,972 --> 00:46:51,016         and he usually chose                    whatever it was           967 00:46:51,058 --> 00:46:53,644          that was gonna help            the greatest number of people.    968 00:46:53,685 --> 00:46:58,816                                     969 00:47:02,986 --> 00:47:08,158         [Dick] It was me seeing                   ordinary people,          970 00:47:08,200 --> 00:47:10,994         people that would never              get their name mentioned,      971 00:47:11,036 --> 00:47:13,580         people that no one would                ever say thanks to.         972 00:47:13,622 --> 00:47:16,750                                     973 00:47:16,792 --> 00:47:20,838      And that's what that movement                   was about.             974 00:47:20,879 --> 00:47:25,217         Lot of Black folks died,       lot of decent white folks died,    975 00:47:25,259 --> 00:47:26,760           setting people free.        976 00:47:26,802 --> 00:47:30,180         And in the eyes of God,       977 00:47:30,222 --> 00:47:34,643      those people would be honored                    one day.              978 00:47:34,685 --> 00:47:38,105       And that's what the movement                     meant.               979 00:47:38,146 --> 00:47:41,525          Let us die. Not kill.        980 00:47:41,567 --> 00:47:43,193      Let us die to set people free.  981 00:47:43,235 --> 00:47:47,489                                     982 00:47:47,531 --> 00:47:53,412         [protestors chanting]        983 00:47:53,453 --> 00:47:55,080         [chanting continues]         984 00:47:55,122 --> 00:47:56,915          Oh, I'm sure today                   for the first time,         985 00:47:56,957 --> 00:47:59,126       people all over the world                know where I am.           986 00:47:59,167 --> 00:48:00,794         [protestors shouting]        987 00:48:00,836 --> 00:48:03,964  [Dick] And I hope that you'll be       aware there are two jails.      988 00:48:04,006 --> 00:48:05,090      [woman] That's right, Dick!           [continues indistinctly]       989 00:48:05,132 --> 00:48:07,551      One that the establishment                  sends you to             990 00:48:07,593 --> 00:48:09,761      that you can break out of,      991 00:48:09,803 --> 00:48:13,181    and one that the establishment                 puts you in             992 00:48:13,223 --> 00:48:15,058  that you can never break out of.  993 00:48:15,100 --> 00:48:16,727        [Williams] He was arrested                 over 100 times,           994 00:48:16,768 --> 00:48:18,604          and he kept going back       995 00:48:18,645 --> 00:48:21,815        because he was able to use                  his celebrity            996 00:48:21,857 --> 00:48:24,192          to make a difference.        997 00:48:24,234 --> 00:48:26,069      You put enough pressure...      998 00:48:26,111 --> 00:48:27,321         [woman] That's right!        999 00:48:27,362 --> 00:48:30,198  [Dick] ...on this foul, corrupt,             insane system.            1000 00:48:30,240 --> 00:48:32,326  [woman] Yes! We've got to do it.  1001 00:48:32,367 --> 00:48:35,370    [Dick] See to it that can give          America her status back.       1002 00:48:35,412 --> 00:48:40,167            [horn blaring]            1003 00:48:40,208 --> 00:48:44,546                                     1004 00:48:44,588 --> 00:48:45,881       [man] What started the riot?             What was the incident?       1005 00:48:45,923 --> 00:48:47,382        [Dick] Well, the incident      1006 00:48:47,424 --> 00:48:50,636         that started the riot             was an automobile incident.     1007 00:48:50,677 --> 00:48:52,304         There as an argument.                There was a scuffle.         1008 00:48:52,346 --> 00:48:53,722            By then a crowd           1009 00:48:53,764 --> 00:48:54,973      of several hundred negroes                  had gathered,            1010 00:48:55,015 --> 00:48:56,642              and the story                      of police brutality         1011 00:48:56,683 --> 00:48:59,061              quickly spread                    through the community.       1012 00:48:59,102 --> 00:49:00,562      [Dick] Every incident that had   been tipped off in this country    1013 00:49:00,604 --> 00:49:02,189          in the last two years        1014 00:49:02,230 --> 00:49:06,068          had been tipped off                by a uniformed police.        1015 00:49:06,109 --> 00:49:07,819       I'm not saying the police               is right or wrong.          1016 00:49:07,861 --> 00:49:09,655         I'm saying when you have                  these incidents           1017 00:49:09,696 --> 00:49:11,990            that's tipped off                   with this one symbol,        1018 00:49:12,032 --> 00:49:14,493       then we should look into it               and see what it is.         1019 00:49:14,534 --> 00:49:16,995              These negroes                     aren't throwing bricks       1020 00:49:17,037 --> 00:49:19,456            just for the sake                    of throwing bricks.         1021 00:49:19,498 --> 00:49:22,167         [indistinct shouting]        1022 00:49:22,209 --> 00:49:24,920             Police brutality                     is not when a cop          1023 00:49:24,962 --> 00:49:27,381          necessarily knocks me                    upside the head.          1024 00:49:27,422 --> 00:49:30,676  It's when a cop calls me nigger          when he's making the arrest.    1025 00:49:30,717 --> 00:49:32,761              This is a form                     of police brutality.        1026 00:49:32,803 --> 00:49:36,598                                     1027 00:49:36,640 --> 00:49:41,019     As you know, I just got back          from Los Angeles, Vietnam.      1028 00:49:41,061 --> 00:49:44,022              [laughter]              1029 00:49:44,064 --> 00:49:45,816  [man] That was quite a morning.    1030 00:49:45,857 --> 00:49:47,943       We all picked up our papers                here in New York.          1031 00:49:47,985 --> 00:49:50,153       A lot of people didn't read              beyond that headline.        1032 00:49:50,195 --> 00:49:51,697               All it said                      here in New York was,        1033 00:49:51,738 --> 00:49:53,240            "Dick Gregory shot                      in race riot."           1034 00:49:53,281 --> 00:49:55,659               [Christian]                       A bullet to his leg,        1035 00:49:55,701 --> 00:49:59,204                trying to                      step in between forces,       1036 00:49:59,246 --> 00:50:03,834        trying to find a peaceful       solution to what was happening.    1037 00:50:03,875 --> 00:50:05,836         [Dick] I would never go                  to my baby's crib          1038 00:50:05,877 --> 00:50:08,338         when my baby was crying               and say, "Quit crying."       1039 00:50:08,380 --> 00:50:10,674         First, I would find out                 why she was crying,         1040 00:50:10,716 --> 00:50:13,385       uh, because kids do not cry              for no reason at all.        1041 00:50:13,427 --> 00:50:16,638  It's the same thing about what's        happening in America today.     1042 00:50:16,680 --> 00:50:18,640          Those people have such       1043 00:50:18,682 --> 00:50:19,975           legitimate gripes                    and frustrations           1044 00:50:20,017 --> 00:50:23,145      built in them for so long.      1045 00:50:23,186 --> 00:50:25,397          Nobody ever talked                      about Watts,             1046 00:50:25,439 --> 00:50:27,649            and it's gonna be                   a whole lots of Watts        1047 00:50:27,691 --> 00:50:29,901          all over this country,                      up north,              1048 00:50:29,943 --> 00:50:32,029            if we don't go in                     and start solving          1049 00:50:32,070 --> 00:50:33,405           not only the problem                      of the negro            1050 00:50:33,447 --> 00:50:35,574             but the problem                    of the poor white man.       1051 00:50:35,615 --> 00:50:37,451          You have white people                that live in the ghetto,      1052 00:50:37,492 --> 00:50:38,910       that they're gonna be next,     1053 00:50:38,952 --> 00:50:41,913          unless we sit down                 and solve this problem        1054 00:50:41,955 --> 00:50:43,874             which is not                    a Los Angeles problem,        1055 00:50:43,915 --> 00:50:45,584             which is not                    a Mississippi problem.        1056 00:50:45,625 --> 00:50:47,377       It's an American problem.      1057 00:50:47,419 --> 00:50:51,590         [indistinct shouting]        1058 00:50:51,631 --> 00:50:56,261                                     1059 00:50:56,303 --> 00:50:58,305          [man, amplified voice]              This area is being closed.     1060 00:50:58,346 --> 00:51:01,349         Please go in your homes.      1061 00:51:01,391 --> 00:51:03,894           [woman, chanting]             You can't stop the revolution!    1062 00:51:03,935 --> 00:51:05,353             [male reporter]                       In Newark alone,          1063 00:51:05,395 --> 00:51:08,940        thirty persons were killed             in four days of rioting.      1064 00:51:08,982 --> 00:51:10,442        Hands up! Don't shoot!        1065 00:51:10,484 --> 00:51:12,903             - Hands up--                          - [gunshot]             1066 00:51:12,944 --> 00:51:16,448         [indistinct shouting]        1067 00:51:16,490 --> 00:51:18,408      [female dispatcher] All units,        looters at 62 and Broadway.     1068 00:51:18,450 --> 00:51:23,246                                     1069 00:51:23,288 --> 00:51:25,457              [Dick] People,                 whether you like it or not,     1070 00:51:25,499 --> 00:51:27,375        are controlled by nature.      1071 00:51:27,417 --> 00:51:29,127         If you put a tight shoe            on your foot, you get a corn.    1072 00:51:29,169 --> 00:51:30,045           If you wear the shoe                      long enough,            1073 00:51:30,087 --> 00:51:31,630         it turns into a callus.       1074 00:51:31,671 --> 00:51:32,631           If you wear the shoe                      long enough,            1075 00:51:32,672 --> 00:51:33,924         it turns into a bunion,       1076 00:51:33,965 --> 00:51:35,383             and eventually,                   it'll wear the shoe out.      1077 00:51:35,425 --> 00:51:38,929        Black folks in America         got a callus around their souls.  1078 00:51:38,970 --> 00:51:40,514           And if the system                don't back up their shoe,      1079 00:51:40,555 --> 00:51:42,140        it's gonna be wore out.       1080 00:51:42,182 --> 00:51:44,643                                     1081 00:51:44,684 --> 00:51:49,106         [indistinct shouting]        1082 00:51:49,147 --> 00:51:51,608         There used to be many               who doubted the motives       1083 00:51:51,650 --> 00:51:53,819           of Dick Gregory.           1084 00:51:53,860 --> 00:51:56,988      He's been a leading figure          in the civil rights movement,    1085 00:51:57,030 --> 00:51:59,491  and yet he is billed as a comic.  1086 00:51:59,533 --> 00:52:03,161        Uh, there were charges            of publicity, money, career.     1087 00:52:03,203 --> 00:52:07,124         Recently, he was shot           in a race riot in Los Angeles.    1088 00:52:07,165 --> 00:52:08,625           He and his family                    have been jailed           1089 00:52:08,667 --> 00:52:10,418     both in the North and South.     1090 00:52:10,460 --> 00:52:11,920    He won his fame as a comedian,    1091 00:52:11,962 --> 00:52:16,007    and yet his fellow negro comics           say his dedication          1092 00:52:16,049 --> 00:52:18,677        has blunted his humor,        1093 00:52:18,718 --> 00:52:19,803       that he's lost his sense                    of satire,              1094 00:52:19,845 --> 00:52:22,514       that he's now more angry                    than funny              1095 00:52:22,556 --> 00:52:25,600          Judge for yourself,              'cause we believe him to be     1096 00:52:25,642 --> 00:52:27,644    a funny, funny, courageous man.  1097 00:52:27,686 --> 00:52:30,105      Here is Dick Gregory. Yeah.     1098 00:52:30,147 --> 00:52:34,442      [band playing uptempo jazz,                   applause]              1099 00:52:34,484 --> 00:52:39,865                                     1100 00:52:42,075 --> 00:52:47,205         [applause continues]         1101 00:52:49,040 --> 00:52:53,170         [cheers and applause]        1102 00:52:56,756 --> 00:52:58,300          [applause subsides]         1103 00:52:58,341 --> 00:53:00,510              [laughter]              1104 00:53:00,552 --> 00:53:06,308     And nobody's not that funny,      but you're about to convince me.  1105 00:53:06,349 --> 00:53:09,853              [applause]              1106 00:53:09,895 --> 00:53:12,397             We give so much                       to celebrities.           1107 00:53:12,439 --> 00:53:15,442                                     1108 00:53:15,483 --> 00:53:16,943        We want 'em to be perfect.     1109 00:53:16,985 --> 00:53:22,199                                     1110 00:53:24,951 --> 00:53:28,663      As long as all the negativity           you're doing is glamorous,     1111 00:53:28,705 --> 00:53:30,165         you could be a drunkard,      1112 00:53:30,207 --> 00:53:32,417       you could be hooked to dope,    1113 00:53:32,459 --> 00:53:36,254         we can still admire you       1114 00:53:36,296 --> 00:53:38,048  Come out here and get to saying    1115 00:53:38,089 --> 00:53:42,344        that we can't treat women                a certain way or...         1116 00:53:42,385 --> 00:53:45,347         Catholics a certain way                or Jews a certain way        1117 00:53:45,388 --> 00:53:50,018         or Blacks a certain way,               Chicanos a certain way       1118 00:53:50,060 --> 00:53:52,562            then you can lose                   your celebrity status.       1119 00:53:52,604 --> 00:53:58,443                                     1120 00:53:58,485 --> 00:53:59,653              You get dirty.           1121 00:53:59,694 --> 00:54:02,989                                     1122 00:54:03,031 --> 00:54:05,158         There are certain people                     in society             1123 00:54:05,200 --> 00:54:07,577               who love you                      but can't touch you.        1124 00:54:07,619 --> 00:54:10,247                                     1125 00:54:10,288 --> 00:54:12,916         If I was young enough                   to get drafted,           1126 00:54:12,958 --> 00:54:14,876        I would wait till I got               my induction notice,         1127 00:54:14,918 --> 00:54:16,795           then, uh, show up                   in the draft board,         1128 00:54:16,836 --> 00:54:18,255     and they give you that little         questionnaire to fill out,      1129 00:54:18,296 --> 00:54:19,881            and when it got                  to that little section        1130 00:54:19,923 --> 00:54:23,301        that said "Occupation,"          I would just write "murderer."    1131 00:54:23,343 --> 00:54:24,844              [laughter]              1132 00:54:24,886 --> 00:54:27,305  That sounds funny, but you know,          we got such dumb laws        1133 00:54:27,347 --> 00:54:28,932    in this country, we would never           be permitted by law         1134 00:54:28,974 --> 00:54:31,643       to draft a murderer into          the army to send him to Vietnam  1135 00:54:31,685 --> 00:54:33,645          to kill Viet Cong?          1136 00:54:33,687 --> 00:54:35,730              [laughter]              1137 00:54:35,772 --> 00:54:39,317    It was one thing to talk about       moving into your neighborhood.    1138 00:54:39,359 --> 00:54:43,780     That was...That was something       that he said on the Paar show.    1139 00:54:43,822 --> 00:54:47,075  But it was another thing to talk        about the war of Vietnam.      1140 00:54:47,117 --> 00:54:48,618          The Federal Bureau                    of Investigation           1141 00:54:48,660 --> 00:54:52,789      is waging and will continue         to wage a relentless warfare     1142 00:54:52,831 --> 00:54:55,292     against crime and criminals.     1143 00:54:55,333 --> 00:54:58,128           Further advances            against the insidious activities  1144 00:54:58,169 --> 00:54:59,587       of underworld characters       1145 00:54:59,629 --> 00:55:02,048          and their vicious,                  conspiring parasites         1146 00:55:02,090 --> 00:55:04,592           must yet be made.          1147 00:55:04,634 --> 00:55:08,179    Hoover had written, "Watch this      negro comedian Dick Gregory."    1148 00:55:08,221 --> 00:55:12,100  Only a fool today would sit back         and blame Hitler's army       1149 00:55:12,142 --> 00:55:13,518         and not blame Hitler.        1150 00:55:13,560 --> 00:55:15,103      That's why the whole world                is looking at us           1151 00:55:15,145 --> 00:55:17,856          very critical now.          1152 00:55:17,897 --> 00:55:21,151       Because anytime we can go                   to Vietnam              1153 00:55:21,192 --> 00:55:23,528      and do the same thing there               Hitler was doing,          1154 00:55:23,570 --> 00:55:25,572    the world will know it will not           be too much longer          1155 00:55:25,613 --> 00:55:27,282       before they do it to us.       1156 00:55:27,324 --> 00:55:30,410          [Greg] The head of the        Federal Bureau of Investigation    1157 00:55:30,452 --> 00:55:35,790        signed a letter asking for          the FBI to do an investigation  1158 00:55:35,832 --> 00:55:38,043             of Dick Gregory.          1159 00:55:38,084 --> 00:55:41,379        [Dick] This secret, secret      police was out to discredit you,  1160 00:55:41,421 --> 00:55:44,466             not to help you                    but to discredit you.        1161 00:55:44,507 --> 00:55:48,887       It said, "Chicago, as office          on Richard Claxton Gregory,     1162 00:55:48,928 --> 00:55:50,805       also known as Dick Gregory,     1163 00:55:50,847 --> 00:55:52,307          Chicago should develop       1164 00:55:52,349 --> 00:55:56,227       counterintelligence measures               to neutralize him.         1165 00:55:56,269 --> 00:55:57,896         This should not be done             in the nature of an exposé,     1166 00:55:57,937 --> 00:56:01,524          since he already gets                far too much publicity.       1167 00:56:01,566 --> 00:56:04,944         Instead, sophisticated,             completely untraceable means    1168 00:56:04,986 --> 00:56:08,073       of neutralizing Dick Gregory             should be developed."        1169 00:56:08,114 --> 00:56:11,785      I had every government agency         in America's tapping my phone,  1170 00:56:11,826 --> 00:56:16,331  the CIA, the FBI, bunch of cats            we ain't never heard of.      1171 00:56:16,373 --> 00:56:17,582              [laughter]              1172 00:56:17,624 --> 00:56:20,335           Once in a while,                there would be phone calls,     1173 00:56:20,377 --> 00:56:22,128         and a telephone call                       from Greg              1174 00:56:22,170 --> 00:56:27,675           would usually be            at three o'clock in the morning.  1175 00:56:27,717 --> 00:56:29,052      And it would be a whisper.      1176 00:56:29,094 --> 00:56:31,179        And he would always say...     1177 00:56:31,221 --> 00:56:32,680       uh, "Talk clearly so the FBI    1178 00:56:32,722 --> 00:56:35,892              can understand                what you're saying." [laughs]    1179 00:56:35,934 --> 00:56:39,104         [Dick] You know, I mean,               I ain't into nothing.        1180 00:56:39,145 --> 00:56:40,855                [laughter]             1181 00:56:40,897 --> 00:56:42,440               And I mean,             1182 00:56:42,482 --> 00:56:45,443             they know I know                 they're tapping the phone.     1183 00:56:45,485 --> 00:56:47,195                [laughter]             1184 00:56:47,237 --> 00:56:51,783  The people booking entertainers,        especially comedians, said,     1185 00:56:51,825 --> 00:56:53,618           "We don't wanna talk               about the war in Vietnam.      1186 00:56:53,660 --> 00:56:56,788        We don't wanna talk about              civil rights movement."       1187 00:56:56,830 --> 00:57:00,792    And he realized he was talking            to the wrong people.         1188 00:57:00,834 --> 00:57:05,338          1960s rock music          1189 00:57:05,380 --> 00:57:07,966                                     1190 00:57:08,007 --> 00:57:11,970      He was getting a lot of calls         from universities and colleges  1191 00:57:12,011 --> 00:57:16,141           all over the country              who wanted to hear him talk.    1192 00:57:16,182 --> 00:57:18,518  These are educated young people    1193 00:57:18,560 --> 00:57:21,271        who were really interested              in changing the world.       1194 00:57:22,856 --> 00:57:26,192        And it dawned on him that           this was the greatest audience  1195 00:57:26,234 --> 00:57:28,111              he could have.           1196 00:57:28,153 --> 00:57:29,362      [Dick] You know how it felt     1197 00:57:29,404 --> 00:57:31,489         with the civil rights                   legislation is?           1198 00:57:31,531 --> 00:57:33,199        White folks in America               gonna get their rights        1199 00:57:33,241 --> 00:57:34,325        under the United States                   Constitution,            1200 00:57:34,367 --> 00:57:35,285      and Black folks got to get                   our rights              1201 00:57:35,326 --> 00:57:38,288    under civil rights legislation.  1202 00:57:38,329 --> 00:57:40,999        I don't want my rights            on no damn installment plan.     1203 00:57:41,040 --> 00:57:42,917     He was like the most popular,    1204 00:57:42,959 --> 00:57:46,337     most in-demand guest lecturer               you could find.           1205 00:57:46,379 --> 00:57:48,006          You got three hours                    of information,           1206 00:57:48,047 --> 00:57:51,676        and it was from one of         the funniest guys in the planet.  1207 00:57:51,718 --> 00:57:54,345     I got on the plane yesterday            morning flying in here,       1208 00:57:54,387 --> 00:57:56,181     and I'm on my way to my seat,    1209 00:57:56,222 --> 00:57:57,974        and this   old   white cat                   sitting there,            1210 00:57:58,016 --> 00:58:01,352    looked at me and say, "Uh, uh,       can I talk to you, my brother?"  1211 00:58:01,394 --> 00:58:06,524        [laughter and applause]       1212 00:58:08,610 --> 00:58:11,488              Your what?              1213 00:58:11,529 --> 00:58:13,364        Things have got so bad,               I'm your brother now.        1214 00:58:13,406 --> 00:58:15,950                  He had                     this vast college audience.     1215 00:58:15,992 --> 00:58:18,578               You see,                     the word "white liberals"      1216 00:58:18,620 --> 00:58:20,538       is an unconscious racist                     statement              1217 00:58:20,580 --> 00:58:25,001    because nobody's ever admitted         that we got Black liberals,     1218 00:58:25,043 --> 00:58:28,004        which is far more worse        than white liberals, definitely.  1219 00:58:28,046 --> 00:58:29,380              [laughter]              1220 00:58:29,422 --> 00:58:30,882              [applause]              1221 00:58:30,924 --> 00:58:33,426       The reason I spend about 90%                   of my time             1222 00:58:33,468 --> 00:58:36,596        on college campuses today              because I sincerely feel      1223 00:58:36,638 --> 00:58:38,515         that the young people                in this country today        1224 00:58:38,556 --> 00:58:40,183     are the most honest, ethical,            dedicated, committed         1225 00:58:40,225 --> 00:58:42,685     group of young people that's          ever lived in this country.     1226 00:58:42,727 --> 00:58:45,939       You young folks have come          to the nation's Capitol today    1227 00:58:45,980 --> 00:58:49,734            to do away with            the military industrial complex.  1228 00:58:49,776 --> 00:58:51,778         We're gonna see to it        1229 00:58:51,819 --> 00:58:54,739      there will be no more war!      1230 00:58:54,781 --> 00:58:57,492              [cheering]              1231 00:58:57,534 --> 00:59:00,036             The promises                     of the great society         1232 00:59:00,078 --> 00:59:04,874          have been shot down            on the battlefield of Vietnam.    1233 00:59:04,916 --> 00:59:10,505          The war on Vietnam                was the demarcation point      1234 00:59:10,547 --> 00:59:13,925        for him, for Dr. King,                for a lot of people.         1235 00:59:13,967 --> 00:59:18,346      That was the point where they           had to give up everything.     1236 00:59:18,388 --> 00:59:21,641      [Dick] But being an agitator,    1237 00:59:21,683 --> 00:59:27,730          I realize that you get                     dirt on you.            1238 00:59:27,772 --> 00:59:31,609        But looking at my children                wash their hands,          1239 00:59:31,651 --> 00:59:34,362         I can tell the intensity                  of their playing          1240 00:59:34,404 --> 00:59:38,491          according to how dirty                     the soap is.            1241 00:59:39,200 --> 00:59:43,454        Dirty soap don't bother me           'cause I can wash it clean.     1242 00:59:45,081 --> 00:59:49,210  But looking at that, I realized            that I'm America's soap,      1243 00:59:49,252 --> 00:59:53,339      and all the dirt you see on me            come off of America.        1244 00:59:53,381 --> 00:59:56,593                                     1245 00:59:56,634 --> 01:00:00,805         For those who say to me,              "Stick to civil rights,"      1246 01:00:00,847 --> 01:00:03,474        I have another answer.        1247 01:00:03,516 --> 01:00:06,728            Injustice anywhere         1248 01:00:06,769 --> 01:00:10,690               is a threat                      to justice everywhere.       1249 01:00:13,276 --> 01:00:15,111         Dr. King was standing                   on the balcony            1250 01:00:15,153 --> 01:00:17,322     of a second floor hotel room                   tonight,               1251 01:00:17,363 --> 01:00:20,283    when according to a companion,              a shot was fired           1252 01:00:20,325 --> 01:00:22,660        from across the street.       1253 01:00:22,702 --> 01:00:26,414            somber music            1254 01:00:26,456 --> 01:00:29,167                [Lillian]                     And they killed Dr. King.      1255 01:00:29,208 --> 01:00:31,336       There was no turning around.    1256 01:00:31,377 --> 01:00:33,630       Dick was just despondent,                    crushed,               1257 01:00:33,671 --> 01:00:36,549     and just terrible, terrible.     1258 01:00:36,591 --> 01:00:40,178        [Dick] You have to realize                that we are living         1259 01:00:40,219 --> 01:00:43,514       in a country that's so prone            to killing that they...       1260 01:00:43,556 --> 01:00:46,017           that a man of peace                 and kindness and of love      1261 01:00:46,059 --> 01:00:49,479       like Dr. Martin Luther King             can die a violent death,      1262 01:00:49,520 --> 01:00:52,357            hated by Americans         1263 01:00:52,398 --> 01:00:56,069    while our generals of the army           is loved in big parades       1264 01:00:56,110 --> 01:00:57,695         and standing ovation.        1265 01:00:57,737 --> 01:01:01,449    That's the mess you youngsters            is fixing to inherit.        1266 01:01:01,491 --> 01:01:03,284                                     1267 01:01:03,326 --> 01:01:07,038         When you asked me to be             nonviolent in Mississippi...    1268 01:01:07,080 --> 01:01:09,374                                     1269 01:01:09,415 --> 01:01:14,545        ...or go to Vietnam and be           so violent, I can be a hero,    1270 01:01:14,587 --> 01:01:17,632         to someone that's never                  smacked my mother,         1271 01:01:17,674 --> 01:01:21,219         to someone that's never                insulted my children.        1272 01:01:21,260 --> 01:01:23,721            You know, America,         1273 01:01:23,763 --> 01:01:25,973            you're gonna have                     to stop expecting          1274 01:01:26,015 --> 01:01:29,143         Black folks to be better                     than them.             1275 01:01:29,185 --> 01:01:34,232                                     1276 01:01:34,273 --> 01:01:36,567      I didn't know what I could do              to protest strongly         1277 01:01:36,609 --> 01:01:39,904           the war in Vietnam,         1278 01:01:39,946 --> 01:01:43,449       and I thought that if I did                  a 40-day fast,           1279 01:01:43,491 --> 01:01:44,742       it come dramatize the issue     1280 01:01:44,784 --> 01:01:46,411        better than any other way                      I knew.               1281 01:01:46,452 --> 01:01:48,037           funk rock music          1282 01:01:48,079 --> 01:01:50,248             [male reporter]                  The White House announced      1283 01:01:50,289 --> 01:01:52,917        that another 50,000 troops            would be sent to Vietnam,      1284 01:01:52,959 --> 01:01:55,086            bringing the total                to nearly half a million.      1285 01:01:55,128 --> 01:01:58,923         That call probably broke               into a weeklong series       1286 01:01:58,965 --> 01:02:01,134             of increasingly                    bloody demonstrations.       1287 01:02:01,175 --> 01:02:02,510         The draft week continued                      today...              1288 01:02:02,552 --> 01:02:06,848      1968 really was a unique year.  1289 01:02:06,889 --> 01:02:09,934       Some historians have said         it was like a second civil war.  1290 01:02:09,976 --> 01:02:12,520         The fight for freedom              and to end all communism.      1291 01:02:12,562 --> 01:02:14,689         And these punks here                    walking around,           1292 01:02:14,731 --> 01:02:17,442     that's what you call anarchy                 and treason.             1293 01:02:17,483 --> 01:02:20,778            For the first time                   in American history,        1294 01:02:20,820 --> 01:02:24,449         there was a very serious                 anti-war movement.         1295 01:02:24,490 --> 01:02:28,786       I'm just sad you young folks           don't tie up and paralyze      1296 01:02:28,828 --> 01:02:31,122        every city in America,               because there should be       1297 01:02:31,164 --> 01:02:34,459         no order of business                in this country anymore       1298 01:02:34,500 --> 01:02:36,419           but the business                      that's at hand.           1299 01:02:36,461 --> 01:02:39,297      Yes, I'm determined to set          an example as an individual,     1300 01:02:39,338 --> 01:02:41,424     American, lawfully protesting    1301 01:02:41,466 --> 01:02:43,801        against my government's                    involvement             1302 01:02:43,843 --> 01:02:45,762        in the war on Vietnam,                 and we're probably          1303 01:02:45,803 --> 01:02:48,681    the only country in the world,             uh, that's overfed,         1304 01:02:48,723 --> 01:02:51,684      and I think the fact of...            of someone in our society      1305 01:02:51,726 --> 01:02:53,311             as we know it                    withdrawing from food        1306 01:02:53,352 --> 01:02:54,854    from Thanksgiving to Christmas,  1307 01:02:54,896 --> 01:02:57,190        I think this will have                a tremendous effect.         1308 01:02:57,231 --> 01:02:59,776       I don't know anything that I         ever did in the whole movement  1309 01:02:59,817 --> 01:03:03,780  that got as much press reaction              as that 40-day fast.        1310 01:03:03,821 --> 01:03:08,826              [applause]              1311 01:03:12,580 --> 01:03:14,248          [applause subsides]         1312 01:03:14,290 --> 01:03:17,126              [laughter]              1313 01:03:17,168 --> 01:03:20,004                                     1314 01:03:20,046 --> 01:03:22,173        You know, this is my...                   my 14th month            1315 01:03:22,215 --> 01:03:26,302    of not eating any solid food in     protest of the war in Vietnam,    1316 01:03:26,344 --> 01:03:30,139  and the reason I mention that to     you now is because I'm hungry.    1317 01:03:30,181 --> 01:03:31,641              [laughter]              1318 01:03:31,682 --> 01:03:34,519         What do you have now                in the course of a day?       1319 01:03:34,560 --> 01:03:36,938      Uh, fruit juice and water.       I travel with a juicing machine,  1320 01:03:36,979 --> 01:03:38,481          not to be mixed up                     with a blender.           1321 01:03:38,523 --> 01:03:41,651     This is where you put it in,          and it extracts the juice.      1322 01:03:41,692 --> 01:03:44,111        Sends the juice one way             and the pulp go another.       1323 01:03:44,153 --> 01:03:45,613         You really feel well?                  Still feel well?           1324 01:03:45,655 --> 01:03:47,031    I really...I really feel good,                    yeah.                1325 01:03:47,073 --> 01:03:51,160      I go through little periods             of...of...of hunger.         1326 01:03:51,202 --> 01:03:52,495            Do you dream of                 cheesecake or anything--       1327 01:03:52,537 --> 01:03:54,539       Man, I dream of dog food.      1328 01:03:54,580 --> 01:03:57,208              [laughter]              1329 01:03:57,250 --> 01:03:58,751             - [applause]                         - Cheesecake.            1330 01:03:58,793 --> 01:04:04,715          Eight ounces of water,                 eight glasses a day.        1331 01:04:04,757 --> 01:04:07,009    You're starving yourself. Why?    1332 01:04:07,051 --> 01:04:10,388     And he said, "Because what'll       happen is people will ask you,    1333 01:04:10,429 --> 01:04:14,183       'Why aren't you eating?'            And then once they ask you,     1334 01:04:14,225 --> 01:04:19,063    you now get to explain to them          what the issue is about."      1335 01:04:19,105 --> 01:04:22,900      The United States Constitution            talks about justice,        1336 01:04:22,942 --> 01:04:25,528           and I think that                 we're being shortchanged       1337 01:04:25,570 --> 01:04:27,530      because everybody's worried               about communism.           1338 01:04:27,572 --> 01:04:29,740        If America could become                   as frightened            1339 01:04:29,782 --> 01:04:34,078      of things like injustices             as she is of communism,        1340 01:04:34,120 --> 01:04:36,747            and wipe it out                   with all of the vigor        1341 01:04:36,789 --> 01:04:38,416            she's trying to                    wipe out communism,         1342 01:04:38,457 --> 01:04:40,251    this would be a groovy country,  1343 01:04:40,293 --> 01:04:45,423       and that in itself would be                the greatest goal          1344 01:04:45,464 --> 01:04:48,885       in the history of communism.    1345 01:04:48,926 --> 01:04:51,095          You don't use the fast                 to change the minds         1346 01:04:51,137 --> 01:04:54,682  or hearts of tyrants or to make            bad people good people,       1347 01:04:54,724 --> 01:04:56,934      but to create a positive force  1348 01:04:56,976 --> 01:05:00,021       where other positive forces                    can join,              1349 01:05:00,062 --> 01:05:02,607          and eventually things                      will change.            1350 01:05:02,648 --> 01:05:03,482       When he first said that,                     you know,              1351 01:05:03,524 --> 01:05:05,484     he was going on a long fast,     1352 01:05:05,526 --> 01:05:07,695        I really thought he was                  out of his mind           1353 01:05:07,737 --> 01:05:11,908       just to go that long, uh,                 without eating.           1354 01:05:11,949 --> 01:05:14,493      And then when I would see him,          I would see how he was,       1355 01:05:14,535 --> 01:05:15,995         you know, losing weight.      1356 01:05:16,037 --> 01:05:19,332       [Dick] I weighed 288 pounds                 when it started,          1357 01:05:19,373 --> 01:05:21,542       98 pounds when it finished.     1358 01:05:21,584 --> 01:05:25,087          - How's everybody?                  - [man] How are you?         1359 01:05:25,129 --> 01:05:27,506          Do we need to test,             check for levels, everybody?     1360 01:05:27,548 --> 01:05:29,926    Testing one, two, three, four.    1361 01:05:29,967 --> 01:05:32,219    [man] Do you think this gesture               is futile?              1362 01:05:32,261 --> 01:05:34,555      Do you think it will really          bring about what you want?      1363 01:05:34,597 --> 01:05:37,642      I think if enough pressure                   comes down,             1364 01:05:37,683 --> 01:05:39,894        uh, in the money areas,       1365 01:05:39,936 --> 01:05:42,229         I think it will have                  a profound effect.          1366 01:05:42,271 --> 01:05:44,315     I didn't expect a tremendous            amount of college kids        1367 01:05:44,357 --> 01:05:46,817          to go on and fast.          1368 01:05:46,859 --> 01:05:48,402          Uh, matter of fact,                 I've had to intercede        1369 01:05:48,444 --> 01:05:51,489         and get' em come off               because they wanted to go      1370 01:05:51,530 --> 01:05:53,658        for long, long periods.       1371 01:05:53,699 --> 01:05:55,618           Uh, word of mouth                 had really carried it.        1372 01:05:55,660 --> 01:05:57,411        It's really surprising.       1373 01:05:57,453 --> 01:06:00,247    [man] You think this will have     a lasting effect on your health?  1374 01:06:00,289 --> 01:06:03,125            - On my health?                          - Yeah.               1375 01:06:03,167 --> 01:06:05,169             I don't know.                 I don't have any...no idea.     1376 01:06:05,211 --> 01:06:06,253          [man] Are you under                a doctor's care at all?       1377 01:06:06,295 --> 01:06:07,922                  No.                 1378 01:06:07,964 --> 01:06:11,342          Brother Dick also did              a tremendous amount of harm     1379 01:06:11,384 --> 01:06:13,678        to his body, not being             reckless and irresponsible,     1380 01:06:13,719 --> 01:06:16,889      but really prepared to die                for the movement,          1381 01:06:16,931 --> 01:06:22,561        and he just didn't know           how belated that fatal aspect    1382 01:06:22,603 --> 01:06:24,814         of what he was doing                   was going to be.           1383 01:06:24,855 --> 01:06:27,108                                     1384 01:06:27,149 --> 01:06:28,734        [Dick] The minute you say                   go on a fast,            1385 01:06:28,776 --> 01:06:34,240             they wanna know,               "Did you check with a doctor?"  1386 01:06:34,281 --> 01:06:35,908       See, people don't check with         a doctor when they snort coke.  1387 01:06:35,950 --> 01:06:37,493  People don't check with a doctor          when they smoke reefers.      1388 01:06:37,535 --> 01:06:39,495  People don't check with a doctor        when they smoke cigarettes.     1389 01:06:39,537 --> 01:06:43,708                                     1390 01:06:43,749 --> 01:06:46,335         As long as I was smoking           four packs of cigarettes a day  1391 01:06:46,377 --> 01:06:48,462      or drinking a fifth of Scotch                   every day,             1392 01:06:48,504 --> 01:06:52,967  nobody worried about how I felt.  1393 01:06:53,009 --> 01:06:57,304        A lady named Dr. Fulton--              she basically taught me       1394 01:06:57,346 --> 01:07:00,933           what to look out for              and how much water to drink.    1395 01:07:00,975 --> 01:07:05,396      My success in fasting would be           thanks to Dr. Fulton.        1396 01:07:05,438 --> 01:07:09,608        The greatest nutritionist           in the history of the planet.    1397 01:07:09,650 --> 01:07:14,655        She had that special magic            of putting herbs together,     1398 01:07:14,697 --> 01:07:17,283          plus the prayer piece.       1399 01:07:17,324 --> 01:07:21,996      I have not run across anybody                 like her yet.            1400 01:07:22,038 --> 01:07:26,042         [Bellamy] Dr. Fulton had       a health food store in Chicago.    1401 01:07:26,083 --> 01:07:29,462         She explained to him             that you need to do something    1402 01:07:29,503 --> 01:07:32,381    that's going to leave a legacy,  1403 01:07:32,423 --> 01:07:35,384    and it's important that you get           your   health together.        1404 01:07:35,426 --> 01:07:40,222      [Dick] And we just talked and         talked and talked and talked,    1405 01:07:40,264 --> 01:07:43,059        and the next thing I know,              my whole life changed.       1406 01:07:43,100 --> 01:07:44,977                                     1407 01:07:45,019 --> 01:07:47,396       To smoke four to five packs               of cigarettes a day,        1408 01:07:47,438 --> 01:07:49,440       I started smoking when I was                 13 years old,            1409 01:07:49,482 --> 01:07:50,941       and I smoked all the way up                to six months ago,         1410 01:07:50,983 --> 01:07:53,402      and I'll tell you why I quit.    1411 01:07:53,444 --> 01:07:56,363              [applause]              1412 01:07:56,405 --> 01:07:58,240            I did my homework,                     and I looked up,          1413 01:07:58,282 --> 01:08:00,367        and I found out every time          I bought a pack of cigarettes,  1414 01:08:00,409 --> 01:08:02,995          I gave the government                    eight cents tax,          1415 01:08:03,037 --> 01:08:04,622       and at the end of the year,              the cigarette industry       1416 01:08:04,663 --> 01:08:06,248           gave the government                     $2 billion more,          1417 01:08:06,290 --> 01:08:09,251       and at that point, I decided            I will not catch cancer       1418 01:08:09,293 --> 01:08:13,589         and buy napalm and mace                  at the same time.          1419 01:08:13,631 --> 01:08:17,009              [applause]              1420 01:08:17,051 --> 01:08:19,220                                     1421 01:08:19,261 --> 01:08:23,557  I really never understood hunger          until I went on a fast.       1422 01:08:23,599 --> 01:08:26,435      When I look at television,          I see a dog food commercial.     1423 01:08:26,477 --> 01:08:29,647      And I wanted some, and then          after I came off the fast,      1424 01:08:29,688 --> 01:08:31,398          I started checking,         1425 01:08:31,440 --> 01:08:34,235       and in St. Louis, Missouri,             they sell more dog food       1426 01:08:34,276 --> 01:08:36,570              in the stores                      next to the projects        1427 01:08:36,612 --> 01:08:38,989         where the people are not              permitted to have dogs.       1428 01:08:39,031 --> 01:08:40,366         And for the first time,                     I was aware             1429 01:08:40,407 --> 01:08:42,535           that how many people                  was eating dog food.        1430 01:08:42,576 --> 01:08:45,079      And so consequently, when you         start looking at these things,  1431 01:08:45,121 --> 01:08:47,331       and then for the first time,              I started realizing,        1432 01:08:47,373 --> 01:08:50,584           you know, what crime              in the street is all about.     1433 01:08:50,626 --> 01:08:52,586          [Christian] My father                was profoundly impacted       1434 01:08:52,628 --> 01:08:54,421            by the nonviolence              of the civil rights movement.    1435 01:08:54,463 --> 01:08:56,841          That's what led to him                  being a vegetarian         1436 01:08:56,882 --> 01:08:58,175     and then ultimately a vegan.     1437 01:08:58,217 --> 01:09:01,011       He figured, "If I am not              gonna harm another man,       1438 01:09:01,053 --> 01:09:04,390  I'm gonna give that same respect        to other living things."       1439 01:09:04,431 --> 01:09:06,433         The number one force         1440 01:09:06,475 --> 01:09:10,646          on this here thing               called planet Earth is us,      1441 01:09:10,688 --> 01:09:14,900        human, real, and one of           the things we need to survive    1442 01:09:14,942 --> 01:09:18,320     is what they call whole food.    1443 01:09:18,362 --> 01:09:21,407     We sort of take diet culture        as, like, that's just something  1444 01:09:21,448 --> 01:09:23,033        that we all do or we...                   or, you know,            1445 01:09:23,075 --> 01:09:25,244     now I'm gonna eat vegetarian                   or vegan.              1446 01:09:25,286 --> 01:09:27,037               But none                     of that's happening then.      1447 01:09:27,079 --> 01:09:28,747     He was way ahead of his time                   in that,               1448 01:09:28,789 --> 01:09:31,083    as far as, like, thinking about       what you put into your body     1449 01:09:31,125 --> 01:09:32,835    and how it helps you long-term.  1450 01:09:32,877 --> 01:09:35,921           poignant music           1451 01:09:35,963 --> 01:09:38,132               [Dick] I had                     to get out of Chicago.       1452 01:09:38,174 --> 01:09:43,137                                     1453 01:09:43,179 --> 01:09:46,140        Be where the air was pure      1454 01:09:46,182 --> 01:09:49,143          and, uh, where you had             some room to move around in.    1455 01:09:49,185 --> 01:09:54,273                                     1456 01:09:54,315 --> 01:09:56,525             Close to nature.          1457 01:09:56,567 --> 01:09:59,153                                     1458 01:09:59,195 --> 01:10:01,655       So Lill got out the hospital              with baby number 10,        1459 01:10:01,697 --> 01:10:04,909       and we packed up everything,          and I wanted to find a place    1460 01:10:04,950 --> 01:10:10,664      where the children could have           fresh air and clean water.     1461 01:10:10,706 --> 01:10:13,584    My first reaction, I looked out           and saw this water.         1462 01:10:13,626 --> 01:10:15,586      I said, oh, God, the...all          my children are gonna drown.     1463 01:10:15,628 --> 01:10:17,254               [laughs]               1464 01:10:17,296 --> 01:10:20,591      It seemed like that road was,              like, 20 miles long,        1465 01:10:20,633 --> 01:10:23,594        and I said, wait a minute.                You mean the kids          1466 01:10:23,636 --> 01:10:26,555    that are school age, they gotta        go up and down   that   road?      1467 01:10:26,597 --> 01:10:29,058       It just seemed like we were            in the middle of nowhere.      1468 01:10:29,099 --> 01:10:33,270         I probably was in tears                      every day.             1469 01:10:33,312 --> 01:10:38,108      Take a family of 10 Black kids          from, you know, Chicago,      1470 01:10:38,150 --> 01:10:39,735              and move them                  to Plymouth, Massachusetts,     1471 01:10:39,777 --> 01:10:43,614       and I joke with people often           that when we moved in '73,     1472 01:10:43,656 --> 01:10:46,617         we integrated the town.       1473 01:10:46,659 --> 01:10:49,286         First day of school,               you know, the teacher...       1474 01:10:49,328 --> 01:10:52,498     "Uh, Gregory Greg?" One name,            and, you know, all...        1475 01:10:52,539 --> 01:10:53,791            all eyes on me.           1476 01:10:53,832 --> 01:10:56,919          We hated it at first,                 but as we grew older,        1477 01:10:56,961 --> 01:10:59,630      man, what a...what a blessing               it was, you know?          1478 01:10:59,672 --> 01:11:04,385     After a while, just suddenly,           I fell in love with it.       1479 01:11:04,426 --> 01:11:08,973                                     1480 01:11:09,014 --> 01:11:11,600         [Dick] There's something                   about nature.            1481 01:11:11,642 --> 01:11:14,937  There's something about outside.  1482 01:11:14,979 --> 01:11:19,108        It changed my whole life.      1483 01:11:19,149 --> 01:11:22,820         It gave me a new energy.      1484 01:11:22,861 --> 01:11:25,322      One of my small daughters,            I said, "Hey, come here."      1485 01:11:25,364 --> 01:11:27,741          And she walked up.              She said, "What do you want?"    1486 01:11:27,783 --> 01:11:30,077     I said, "Give me some sugar."            And she looked at me.        1487 01:11:30,119 --> 01:11:31,787       She said, "What's that?"       1488 01:11:31,829 --> 01:11:33,330             - [laughter]                          - Oh, wow.              1489 01:11:33,372 --> 01:11:34,748          We never had sugar                      in the house.            1490 01:11:34,790 --> 01:11:36,292             That's great.            1491 01:11:36,333 --> 01:11:38,627         [Christian] We had this               extreme diet of veganism      1492 01:11:38,669 --> 01:11:40,713          where not only was it                  no animal products,         1493 01:11:40,754 --> 01:11:43,841            it was, you know,           no white flour, no white sugar,    1494 01:11:43,882 --> 01:11:45,551             no fried foods.           1495 01:11:45,592 --> 01:11:47,678       Couldn't eat what we wanted,                stuff, you know,          1496 01:11:47,720 --> 01:11:50,514         folks were hiding things                in different places,        1497 01:11:50,556 --> 01:11:52,683          and all I knew is that                 when Dad came home,         1498 01:11:52,725 --> 01:11:55,185      a lot of stuff got shut down.    1499 01:11:55,227 --> 01:11:57,688          I remember one day,                 they got a pizza that        1500 01:11:57,730 --> 01:11:59,815    they weren't supposed to have.    1501 01:11:59,857 --> 01:12:04,153       He got a chain and put it             around the refrigerator       1502 01:12:04,194 --> 01:12:06,322        and says, "When you get             the food that is supposed      1503 01:12:06,363 --> 01:12:09,992      to be in this refrigerator,           I'll take the lock off."       1504 01:12:10,034 --> 01:12:12,536      And that lasted three days.     1505 01:12:12,578 --> 01:12:14,455       [Frost] There's all the talk           of divorce today and of...     1506 01:12:14,496 --> 01:12:16,040        of love that doesn't last                     and so on.             1507 01:12:16,081 --> 01:12:18,542            Does it seem like                   a foreign land to you?       1508 01:12:18,584 --> 01:12:20,502      No, I feel...I feel strange               talking about it           1509 01:12:20,544 --> 01:12:22,171          'cause I'm not home                   most of the time.          1510 01:12:22,212 --> 01:12:25,883      [Lillian] He was always gone.     He was gone out of the country.    1511 01:12:25,924 --> 01:12:28,177         One of the kids said,           "Oh. Like, you're a stranger."    1512 01:12:28,218 --> 01:12:32,056        [laughs] And he didn't                take that very well.         1513 01:12:32,097 --> 01:12:33,849           By his admission,                  he was probably gone         1514 01:12:33,891 --> 01:12:37,353          from the homestead                    90% of the time.           1515 01:12:37,394 --> 01:12:40,731        I think to a great extent,                   Dick Gregory            1516 01:12:40,773 --> 01:12:45,569        struggled with the effort                 to mix his family          1517 01:12:45,611 --> 01:12:48,530          and his responsibility                     as a citizen            1518 01:12:48,572 --> 01:12:50,366         and to the civil rights                      movement.              1519 01:12:50,407 --> 01:12:52,451      I think he didn't know how               to do it sometimes.         1520 01:12:52,493 --> 01:12:56,955                                     1521 01:12:56,997 --> 01:13:01,168        Lill imbued in the kids                 an understanding           1522 01:13:01,210 --> 01:13:04,713           that their father                    was really being           1523 01:13:04,755 --> 01:13:07,466      a father to the world also.     1524 01:13:07,508 --> 01:13:09,968        [Lillian] It was a family                   where you knew           1525 01:13:10,010 --> 01:13:11,553      you were doing something good.  1526 01:13:11,595 --> 01:13:13,430         You were doing something                   for the cause,           1527 01:13:13,472 --> 01:13:16,683      and even though he was gone                more than not,            1528 01:13:16,725 --> 01:13:18,602       he had enough faith in me         to know that I could take care    1529 01:13:18,644 --> 01:13:20,354        of everything at home.        1530 01:13:20,396 --> 01:13:24,024        [Christian] The farm that               us Gregorys grew up on       1531 01:13:24,066 --> 01:13:27,236       in Plymouth, Massachusetts,           was called Tower Hill Farm.     1532 01:13:27,277 --> 01:13:30,114       Tower Hill Farm was a lot of         things for the Gregory family.  1533 01:13:30,155 --> 01:13:32,449            But for my father,                   it was his workshop.        1534 01:13:32,491 --> 01:13:35,953        It was where he formulated                 his 4X Formula.           1535 01:13:35,994 --> 01:13:40,040            The 4X Formula was                a combination of vitamins      1536 01:13:40,082 --> 01:13:42,459              and nutrients,                     ground into a powder        1537 01:13:42,501 --> 01:13:45,921       that you would scoop and mix              with water or juice.        1538 01:13:45,963 --> 01:13:48,465    We would go to whatever health         food store was in the city.     1539 01:13:48,507 --> 01:13:51,468     He spent about $2,000, $3,000                on vitamins,             1540 01:13:51,510 --> 01:13:53,595           and he would make                    individual packs,          1541 01:13:53,637 --> 01:13:55,305            and he would be up              all night long in the kitchen,  1542 01:13:55,347 --> 01:13:58,308         just making pill packs.       1543 01:13:58,350 --> 01:14:02,604      It was a secret concoction                 of ingredients            1544 01:14:02,646 --> 01:14:04,440           that Dick Gregory                    had put together,          1545 01:14:04,481 --> 01:14:07,860        and any individual that           he found had a health issue,     1546 01:14:07,901 --> 01:14:10,487          he would literally put                 his formula together        1547 01:14:10,529 --> 01:14:13,073       and send it to him for free.    1548 01:14:13,115 --> 01:14:16,577           Greg played a...                  a very important role,        1549 01:14:16,618 --> 01:14:20,330           as told by Yoko Ono                   in finding a formula        1550 01:14:20,372 --> 01:14:24,835             to get both she                and John Lennon off of drugs.    1551 01:14:24,877 --> 01:14:26,795               [Christian]                    My dad and Michael Jackson     1552 01:14:26,837 --> 01:14:28,964          flew over to Ethiopia                   during the famine          1553 01:14:29,006 --> 01:14:31,967          and were able to save                  hundreds of infants         1554 01:14:32,009 --> 01:14:35,846      by bringing that product over     and paying the money theirselves  1555 01:14:35,888 --> 01:14:37,514            to distribute it.          1556 01:14:37,556 --> 01:14:40,684      He influenced individuals,         not just in the United States,    1557 01:14:40,726 --> 01:14:42,352             but globally,            1558 01:14:42,394 --> 01:14:46,523      people start drinking water     1559 01:14:46,565 --> 01:14:49,109       because of Dick Gregory,           because when he said to them,    1560 01:14:49,151 --> 01:14:50,944          that no matter what                     your disease,            1561 01:14:50,986 --> 01:14:52,529     no matter what your ailment,     1562 01:14:52,571 --> 01:14:56,200            no matter what                your health challenge may be,    1563 01:14:56,241 --> 01:14:57,951         if you just increase                  your water intake,          1564 01:14:57,993 --> 01:15:00,037        you will find yourself                     improving.              1565 01:15:00,078 --> 01:15:01,580      That made sense to people.      1566 01:15:01,622 --> 01:15:03,499       And so around the world,                  millions of us            1567 01:15:03,540 --> 01:15:05,876           started consuming                 large amounts of water        1568 01:15:05,918 --> 01:15:07,961  for the first time in our lives.  1569 01:15:08,003 --> 01:15:10,964      We're talking about people               starving right now.         1570 01:15:11,006 --> 01:15:12,216      We're talking about a world     1571 01:15:12,257 --> 01:15:15,052             where there's                   a half a billion people       1572 01:15:15,093 --> 01:15:17,221          that could be dead                     from starvation           1573 01:15:17,262 --> 01:15:20,557        in the next six months,               and I'm just insulted        1574 01:15:20,599 --> 01:15:24,436  living in a nation that can send         tanks around the world        1575 01:15:24,478 --> 01:15:25,854        but can't send turnips,       1576 01:15:25,896 --> 01:15:28,607    that can supply the whole world              with napalm,             1577 01:15:28,649 --> 01:15:30,150          but not fertilizer.         1578 01:15:30,192 --> 01:15:34,905         rhythmic drum music        1579 01:15:34,947 --> 01:15:39,826                                     1580 01:15:39,868 --> 01:15:42,871            I ran from Chicago                   to Washington, D.C.,        1581 01:15:42,913 --> 01:15:45,541             drinking nothing               but orange juice, fruit juice,  1582 01:15:45,582 --> 01:15:47,584        and taking this solution,      1583 01:15:47,626 --> 01:15:49,920  which the base of it being kelp,       k-e-l-p, which is seaweed,      1584 01:15:49,962 --> 01:15:53,215       which is 70 million tons           laying off the Indian Ocean.     1585 01:15:53,257 --> 01:15:57,761       One heaping tablespoon full             were to keep you alive.       1586 01:15:57,803 --> 01:16:01,306        We can produce this now          at five cents a day per person.  1587 01:16:01,348 --> 01:16:05,269      [indistinct conversations]      1588 01:16:05,310 --> 01:16:08,939       We're not gonna tolerate                 living in a world          1589 01:16:08,981 --> 01:16:13,026       where millions of people            gon' die for lack of food.      1590 01:16:13,068 --> 01:16:14,319     This is what it's all about.     1591 01:16:14,361 --> 01:16:17,990           When he was running                   across the country,         1592 01:16:18,031 --> 01:16:20,534         he was telling the press                 and telling anyone         1593 01:16:20,576 --> 01:16:23,453            that would listen                     that this country          1594 01:16:23,495 --> 01:16:27,374          is going to experience                  a serious epidemic         1595 01:16:27,416 --> 01:16:31,336          in obesity, diabetes,                  high blood pressure,        1596 01:16:31,378 --> 01:16:33,839       and all kinds of illnesses.     1597 01:16:33,880 --> 01:16:37,634      The newest stunt was gonna be              a cross-country run.        1598 01:16:37,676 --> 01:16:39,761          [Dick] We're gonna run                  from New York City         1599 01:16:39,803 --> 01:16:43,098              all away cross                 to Los Angeles, California,     1600 01:16:43,140 --> 01:16:46,310             to dramatize                      that there's a need         1601 01:16:46,351 --> 01:16:49,271     for all the major governments                   to deal               1602 01:16:49,313 --> 01:16:50,981        with the hungry people                    in the world             1603 01:16:51,023 --> 01:16:52,065      and that this food do work.     1604 01:16:52,107 --> 01:16:54,651                                     1605 01:16:54,693 --> 01:16:57,070         [Christian] He got wind                 that a schoolteacher        1606 01:16:57,112 --> 01:16:58,572       by the name of Gordon Brooks    1607 01:16:58,614 --> 01:17:00,407      had already mapped out a route  1608 01:17:00,449 --> 01:17:02,200             and was planning                   to do the same thing.        1609 01:17:02,242 --> 01:17:06,705       He called me up and said,          "Hey, brother, how you doing?    1610 01:17:06,747 --> 01:17:09,416  I want you to coordinate my run            from L.A. to New York,"       1611 01:17:09,458 --> 01:17:12,878          and I went, "Okay."         1612 01:17:12,919 --> 01:17:17,507       Yeah, I got to spend, like,          four or five months with him,    1613 01:17:17,549 --> 01:17:19,509       and he kept me cracked up                  all the time.            1614 01:17:19,551 --> 01:17:21,345               [laughs]               1615 01:17:21,386 --> 01:17:22,596       Sometimes, we'd have to hop                    in the van             1616 01:17:22,638 --> 01:17:25,515        and get to a media event,      1617 01:17:25,557 --> 01:17:28,644          because he was trying                  to raise awareness.         1618 01:17:28,685 --> 01:17:30,896     John Doe citizens should not               have to go around          1619 01:17:30,937 --> 01:17:33,815       running across countries              to feed hungry people.        1620 01:17:33,857 --> 01:17:39,404       He was always trying to test          the public, test the media.     1621 01:17:39,446 --> 01:17:43,075  Nobody believed he could do it.    1622 01:17:43,116 --> 01:17:48,955        And he did it, basically,                  on a total fast.          1623 01:17:48,997 --> 01:17:51,875         That was the scary part.      1624 01:17:51,917 --> 01:17:54,878                                     1625 01:17:59,383 --> 01:18:01,468                  [Dick]                We're averaging 50 miles a day,    1626 01:18:01,510 --> 01:18:03,762         which is the equivalent               of two marathons a day.       1627 01:18:03,804 --> 01:18:06,098                                     1628 01:18:06,139 --> 01:18:10,268        Pain going through my body            that it's hard to believe      1629 01:18:10,310 --> 01:18:13,563  that the human body could take.    1630 01:18:13,605 --> 01:18:18,318          [Brooks] The pain that            Dick Gregory was going through  1631 01:18:18,360 --> 01:18:22,447        was beyond comprehension.      1632 01:18:22,489 --> 01:18:23,990          They don't call it               Hells Canyon for anything.      1633 01:18:24,032 --> 01:18:25,826               It was hell.            1634 01:18:25,867 --> 01:18:30,455       [Bellamy] The blisters that            he would get on his feet,      1635 01:18:30,497 --> 01:18:32,290  the tiredness, how tired he was,  1636 01:18:32,332 --> 01:18:34,793            but he would say,                      "I gotta do it."          1637 01:18:34,835 --> 01:18:37,170               We'd wake up                  the next morning. He'd say,     1638 01:18:37,212 --> 01:18:38,130          "Let's go to work."         1639 01:18:38,171 --> 01:18:42,426                                     1640 01:18:42,467 --> 01:18:45,595  He gets to New Mexico, roughly,    1641 01:18:45,637 --> 01:18:49,683       calls me and said, "Jack...     1642 01:18:49,725 --> 01:18:52,602            we're not getting                    the press we need."         1643 01:18:52,644 --> 01:18:54,396                                     1644 01:18:54,438 --> 01:18:58,942       "You have to go out and see              Muhammad Ali tonight."       1645 01:18:58,984 --> 01:19:03,447      Said, "Mr. Ali, we need you        in our run across the country."  1646 01:19:03,488 --> 01:19:05,949           Ali said, "You know                 I'm the greatest fighter      1647 01:19:05,991 --> 01:19:07,868  in the world. I'm gonna destroy             Jimmy Young tonight?"        1648 01:19:07,909 --> 01:19:10,078         Uh, yes, sir. Yes, sir.       1649 01:19:10,120 --> 01:19:13,039         "I'm gonna pee blood for       two weeks, pay for this myself,    1650 01:19:13,081 --> 01:19:15,292  and you want me to go out there,         run in that damn desert?"      1651 01:19:15,333 --> 01:19:18,086            Yes, sir, I do.           1652 01:19:18,128 --> 01:19:19,463                "Okay!"               1653 01:19:19,504 --> 01:19:21,089             [crowd shouting]          1654 01:19:21,131 --> 01:19:23,925      Here he is, the heavyweight          champion, leaving no doubt.     1655 01:19:23,967 --> 01:19:26,470    I must say that Dick Gregory's                a great man.             1656 01:19:26,511 --> 01:19:27,804             He's running                     from coast to coast,         1657 01:19:27,846 --> 01:19:29,890          putting an emphasis                 on the food problem.         1658 01:19:29,931 --> 01:19:33,393        He's now about 20 miles              out of Wichita, Kansas,       1659 01:19:33,435 --> 01:19:35,187            on Highway 54.                  I wanna say hello to him.      1660 01:19:35,228 --> 01:19:40,609             funk music             1661 01:19:40,650 --> 01:19:42,319                                     1662 01:19:42,360 --> 01:19:45,781        It was for the nation.           It was because Dick called him,  1663 01:19:45,822 --> 01:19:48,033    just like Dr. King called Dick.  1664 01:19:48,074 --> 01:19:50,744           They felt something                   inside of themselves        1665 01:19:50,786 --> 01:19:52,329            that was important                      to the nation,           1666 01:19:52,370 --> 01:19:53,747         important to the world.       1667 01:19:53,789 --> 01:19:56,541                                     1668 01:19:56,583 --> 01:19:59,669        [Ayanna] Running initially                  was a way out.           1669 01:19:59,711 --> 01:20:04,174              Later in life,                 running, just like fasting,     1670 01:20:04,216 --> 01:20:06,676       was a way of protesting.       1671 01:20:06,718 --> 01:20:10,347                He ran for                   activism against apartheid.     1672 01:20:10,388 --> 01:20:14,851       He ran for Native Americans.               He ran for women.          1673 01:20:14,893 --> 01:20:17,020                                     1674 01:20:17,062 --> 01:20:18,647                 His time                   in the civil rights movement,    1675 01:20:18,688 --> 01:20:21,691       he learned that there is               no more humane thing         1676 01:20:21,733 --> 01:20:24,027           than to take care             of your health and well-being,    1677 01:20:24,069 --> 01:20:26,446             and that led                   to the natural transition      1678 01:20:26,488 --> 01:20:29,866    of him becoming an advocate of     healthy living and clean living.  1679 01:20:29,908 --> 01:20:34,704         He decided at that time               that health and wellness      1680 01:20:34,746 --> 01:20:36,373            was right up there                      with activism.           1681 01:20:36,414 --> 01:20:40,210       Somewhere way, way, way down               was entertainment.         1682 01:20:40,252 --> 01:20:42,087         [Dick] I saw a conflict               in saying to young folks      1683 01:20:42,128 --> 01:20:44,589      that drugs and alcohol is bad           than coming to a nightclub     1684 01:20:44,631 --> 01:20:46,258        and catching my act, and--     1685 01:20:46,299 --> 01:20:47,342           [Cathy] Where people               were smoking and drinking.     1686 01:20:47,384 --> 01:20:49,052               [Dick] Yeah.            1687 01:20:49,094 --> 01:20:51,930  [man] And then all of a sudden,             he called me and said,       1688 01:20:51,972 --> 01:20:54,975  I'm not gonna do any more dates                 at nightclubs.           1689 01:20:59,062 --> 01:21:01,898      As many of you no doubt know,    1690 01:21:01,940 --> 01:21:07,362          this is a very special                  and historic night         1691 01:21:07,404 --> 01:21:09,322  in the history of show business    1692 01:21:09,364 --> 01:21:14,244  and in the almost legendary life              of Dick Gregory.          1693 01:21:14,286 --> 01:21:19,541  His final nightclub performance.  1694 01:21:19,583 --> 01:21:22,252          No man has given more,                     asked less,             1695 01:21:22,294 --> 01:21:24,713           or been more needed.        1696 01:21:24,754 --> 01:21:27,090      As you go on to other service,  1697 01:21:27,132 --> 01:21:30,385               we thank you                     and dedicate ourselves       1698 01:21:30,427 --> 01:21:35,765  to returning your gifts in kind          to your chosen beneficiary.     1699 01:21:35,807 --> 01:21:37,934                 Mankind.              1700 01:21:37,976 --> 01:21:43,398                [applause]             1701 01:21:43,440 --> 01:21:48,236      [Dick] Why am I giving it up?            Well, I'll tell you why.      1702 01:21:48,278 --> 01:21:53,241          I will be 41 years old                 this coming October,        1703 01:21:53,283 --> 01:21:56,328              and thanks to                   the civil rights movement,     1704 01:21:56,369 --> 01:21:59,164       thanks to the peace movement          and all the beautiful people    1705 01:21:59,205 --> 01:22:01,917            I was able to meet                because of my involvement      1706 01:22:01,958 --> 01:22:06,963          on a worldwide level,                 at 41-years-old-to-be,       1707 01:22:07,005 --> 01:22:09,257         I know now that there is                 a universal force          1708 01:22:09,299 --> 01:22:10,759      that controls the whole thing.  1709 01:22:10,800 --> 01:22:13,303           You call it anything                   you wanna call it.         1710 01:22:13,345 --> 01:22:17,057      One day it's gonna balance out            all of our ledgers,         1711 01:22:17,098 --> 01:22:18,600            and it's gonna be                     a simple question.         1712 01:22:18,642 --> 01:22:21,394           Not "How much money              did you make? Were you funny?    1713 01:22:21,436 --> 01:22:23,396            Did they like you?                  Were you a celebrity?        1714 01:22:23,438 --> 01:22:24,981           Who was your mother?                  Who was your father?        1715 01:22:25,023 --> 01:22:26,274           Where did you live?                What school did you go to?     1716 01:22:26,316 --> 01:22:27,734        Where'd you send your kids                   to school?"             1717 01:22:27,776 --> 01:22:29,152  Well, here's one simple question  1718 01:22:29,194 --> 01:22:31,780       that all of us are going to                have to deal with.         1719 01:22:31,821 --> 01:22:35,492      How much service did you give          to your fellow human beings?    1720 01:22:35,533 --> 01:22:37,577             Just that simple                    and just that sweet.        1721 01:22:37,619 --> 01:22:38,995               [woman] Yes.            1722 01:22:39,037 --> 01:22:44,042                [applause]             1723 01:22:45,710 --> 01:22:46,962     You may remember Dick Gregory    1724 01:22:47,003 --> 01:22:49,673       as the hip, acid-tongued                nightclub comedian          1725 01:22:49,714 --> 01:22:51,675           of the '60s whose                outspoken political views      1726 01:22:51,716 --> 01:22:54,386          so rankled the FBI                  that an internal memo        1727 01:22:54,427 --> 01:22:57,847         called him demented,             or you might remember him as     1728 01:22:57,889 --> 01:22:59,891       the civil rights activist              or the man who fasted        1729 01:22:59,933 --> 01:23:03,687         for nearly two years              to protest the Vietnam War,     1730 01:23:03,728 --> 01:23:05,939              or the man                     who has devoted himself       1731 01:23:05,981 --> 01:23:08,108     to stamping out world hunger.    1732 01:23:08,149 --> 01:23:11,653       At 57, his life has been              more chaotic than calm,       1733 01:23:11,695 --> 01:23:13,154    but he says that's what happens  1734 01:23:13,196 --> 01:23:15,699        when you walk the path                    he's chosen.             1735 01:23:15,740 --> 01:23:20,996                                     1736 01:23:22,706 --> 01:23:27,127      [Dick] The number one problem             that we're confronted        1737 01:23:27,168 --> 01:23:30,338           with today is diet,                     uh, the poisons,          1738 01:23:30,380 --> 01:23:32,132              the additives                      that's in the food,         1739 01:23:32,173 --> 01:23:34,884         the vitamins it destroys       when it's cooked or it's frozen.  1740 01:23:34,926 --> 01:23:36,970                                     1741 01:23:37,012 --> 01:23:42,058    My goals is to...to really help          change the priorities        1742 01:23:42,100 --> 01:23:46,813     in this country, that I could       change the whole food industry.  1743 01:23:46,855 --> 01:23:49,524             Because I think                      that this nation,          1744 01:23:49,566 --> 01:23:52,444      will never be a great nation,         will never be a strong nation.  1745 01:23:52,485 --> 01:23:56,531        Great nation is not a gun             or a bomb or an Air Force.     1746 01:23:56,573 --> 01:23:59,451      This great nation is a nation         that has the healthiest people  1747 01:23:59,492 --> 01:24:02,287         mentally and physically.      1748 01:24:02,328 --> 01:24:06,374    Oh, we've been eating bad shit           for hundreds of years.        1749 01:24:06,416 --> 01:24:08,460  You know, there's no whole foods              in the hood.             1750 01:24:08,501 --> 01:24:10,211       There's very few choices,      1751 01:24:10,253 --> 01:24:12,630             and the fact                    that he took nutrition,       1752 01:24:12,672 --> 01:24:14,966               it's one                     of the most basic things       1753 01:24:15,008 --> 01:24:17,802        to improve the quality                 of someone's life.          1754 01:24:17,844 --> 01:24:20,305          I told him. I said,               "Greg, you have come down      1755 01:24:20,346 --> 01:24:22,432        from almost 300 pounds.       1756 01:24:22,474 --> 01:24:26,102          You need to find a way              to convert the 4X Formula      1757 01:24:26,144 --> 01:24:29,230              into a diet                  and take it to the market."     1758 01:24:29,272 --> 01:24:31,858         He said, "I don't...             I don't know how to do that."    1759 01:24:31,900 --> 01:24:34,110            [man] Dick Gregory                  for the Bahamian Diet.       1760 01:24:34,152 --> 01:24:35,612            The problem is                     you're overweight.          1761 01:24:35,653 --> 01:24:37,363        Whether it's 10 pounds                   or 150 pounds,            1762 01:24:37,405 --> 01:24:40,241         hey, I've been there,             and the solution is simple.     1763 01:24:40,283 --> 01:24:41,576          The Bahamian Diet.          1764 01:24:41,618 --> 01:24:43,119        You can do it. I know.        1765 01:24:43,161 --> 01:24:45,288           I've been there,                   and it ain't pretty.         1766 01:24:45,330 --> 01:24:48,083                                     1767 01:24:48,124 --> 01:24:52,295     We were able to find someone               that assisted him          1768 01:24:52,337 --> 01:24:56,466      with the finalizing formula           for 4X, Dr. David Allen.       1769 01:24:56,508 --> 01:24:59,969      And Dr. Allen took the product          and started marketing it      1770 01:25:00,011 --> 01:25:03,056        to multi-level marketing.      1771 01:25:03,098 --> 01:25:08,853          When the Bahamian Diet               came to market in 1984,       1772 01:25:08,895 --> 01:25:12,398       we did about $113 million                    in sales               1773 01:25:12,440 --> 01:25:14,192     in a two-year period of time.    1774 01:25:14,234 --> 01:25:17,529  He was concerned about nutrition             for poor people           1775 01:25:17,570 --> 01:25:19,155    and Black people in particular.  1776 01:25:19,197 --> 01:25:21,116      It's like we were poisoning                  ourselves.              1777 01:25:21,157 --> 01:25:23,368                 [Sykes]                      That was killing us, too.      1778 01:25:23,409 --> 01:25:25,495           High blood pressure,                 diabetes, all of that.       1779 01:25:25,537 --> 01:25:29,666       So I think he was pushing              nutrition another way        1780 01:25:29,707 --> 01:25:32,085      to try to help his people.      1781 01:25:32,127 --> 01:25:33,962        And it was so popular,                      you know?              1782 01:25:34,003 --> 01:25:36,172        I mean, everybody was,            "You on that Bahamian Diet?"     1783 01:25:36,214 --> 01:25:38,925      You know, whenever you see              somebody lose weight,        1784 01:25:38,967 --> 01:25:40,426    "Oh, you on that Dick Gregory."  1785 01:25:40,468 --> 01:25:43,012         Hey, now, fix me some                of that Dick Gregory.        1786 01:25:43,054 --> 01:25:44,681  At that point, if you're talking           about diet culture          1787 01:25:44,722 --> 01:25:46,516           or food culture,           1788 01:25:46,558 --> 01:25:48,351         anything that's about           taking better care of yourself    1789 01:25:48,393 --> 01:25:50,270        is white people talking                 to white people.           1790 01:25:50,311 --> 01:25:52,522        So to have a Black man                    who's saying,            1791 01:25:52,564 --> 01:25:54,440     "We need to take better care                 of ourselves,            1792 01:25:54,482 --> 01:25:55,942         and we need to do it                    for ourselves,"           1793 01:25:55,984 --> 01:25:57,485      like, he's not recommending               you go to, like,           1794 01:25:57,527 --> 01:25:58,653      a white product and do it.      1795 01:25:58,695 --> 01:26:00,405             He's saying,                  "We can do this ourselves."     1796 01:26:00,446 --> 01:26:02,365     That's the revolutionary idea                  in there.              1797 01:26:02,407 --> 01:26:04,534                  [Dick]                      There's a new economic arm     1798 01:26:04,576 --> 01:26:06,411      to the civil rights movement.    1799 01:26:06,452 --> 01:26:07,871        The Black neighborhood is      1800 01:26:07,912 --> 01:26:09,622          the only neighborhood              you can come in in America,     1801 01:26:09,664 --> 01:26:13,793        and someone's selling the           product other than that group,  1802 01:26:13,835 --> 01:26:18,590      and so we saying that when we              sell to one another         1803 01:26:18,631 --> 01:26:22,010       and open up our businesses,            that money changes hands,      1804 01:26:22,051 --> 01:26:24,262               and it stays                      in the neighborhood         1805 01:26:24,304 --> 01:26:26,514               and you see                     the whole piece change.       1806 01:26:26,556 --> 01:26:30,268        And if they can bring dope            and cigarettes, caffeine,      1807 01:26:30,310 --> 01:26:32,395      and nicotine to your doorstep,  1808 01:26:32,437 --> 01:26:34,898       then we want to bring health               to your doorstep.          1809 01:26:34,939 --> 01:26:36,983           That's the greatest                  welfare system I know,       1810 01:26:37,025 --> 01:26:38,610           is entrepreneurship.        1811 01:26:38,651 --> 01:26:40,695               - How so?                      - We businesspeople,         1812 01:26:40,737 --> 01:26:43,823    we can go and buy all the booze         we wanna buy for lunch,       1813 01:26:43,865 --> 01:26:46,159         and a welfare mother                  would have trouble          1814 01:26:46,201 --> 01:26:47,827    trying to get free apple juice               for the babies.           1815 01:26:47,869 --> 01:26:49,204         It's just so insane.         1816 01:26:49,245 --> 01:26:53,583            I started getting                    so many phone calls         1817 01:26:53,625 --> 01:26:54,918  from people crying out for help.  1818 01:26:54,959 --> 01:26:56,669          People said, you know,       1819 01:26:56,711 --> 01:26:59,005           "I'm thinking about                   committing suicide."        1820 01:26:59,047 --> 01:27:01,758           dramatic music           1821 01:27:01,799 --> 01:27:05,470         Walter Hudson was a man              in Long Island, New York,      1822 01:27:05,511 --> 01:27:08,431  who was over a thousand pounds.    1823 01:27:10,391 --> 01:27:12,685         He had actually tripped                       and fell              1824 01:27:12,727 --> 01:27:16,522      and got wedged in the doorway              between his bedroom         1825 01:27:16,564 --> 01:27:19,234            and his bathroom.          1826 01:27:19,275 --> 01:27:23,112       It took eight rescue workers                   four hours             1827 01:27:23,154 --> 01:27:26,407  to get him out of that doorway,    1828 01:27:26,449 --> 01:27:29,535        and it made such big news                  in Long Island,           1829 01:27:29,577 --> 01:27:32,705       that it caught the attention                of Dick Gregory.          1830 01:27:32,747 --> 01:27:35,291            [Dick] And we were               on "The Phil Donahue Show."     1831 01:27:35,333 --> 01:27:38,336       Eliminate all the sugar,                uh, all the bread.          1832 01:27:38,378 --> 01:27:41,631       The most important thing,       he was drinking almost no water.  1833 01:27:41,673 --> 01:27:43,258     Uh, he was drinking soda pop.    1834 01:27:43,299 --> 01:27:46,803     We've increased his water now         to about 12 glasses a day.      1835 01:27:46,844 --> 01:27:49,973     We'll eventually move that up            to 16 glasses a day.         1836 01:27:50,014 --> 01:27:52,392        He was under house arrest.           He will eat no cooked food,     1837 01:27:52,433 --> 01:27:54,894            no animal product,                    no dairy product,          1838 01:27:54,936 --> 01:27:56,145         no white refined sugar,       1839 01:27:56,187 --> 01:27:57,647           no bread, no butter,                       no cheese.             1840 01:27:57,689 --> 01:27:59,315     And...and we're gonna do it.     1841 01:27:59,357 --> 01:28:00,733       [reporter] But for a man who             hasn't left the house        1842 01:28:00,775 --> 01:28:02,235          but once in 27 years,        1843 01:28:02,277 --> 01:28:04,696      content until his recent fall                 to lie in bed            1844 01:28:04,737 --> 01:28:07,699           watching television,             reading the Bible, and eating,  1845 01:28:07,740 --> 01:28:09,367          it's an enormous task.       1846 01:28:09,409 --> 01:28:11,869      [Dick] You know, there's a lot           of people out there...       1847 01:28:11,911 --> 01:28:12,996            - [Hudson] I know.                   - ...that love you.         1848 01:28:13,037 --> 01:28:14,372          [Hudson] Yes, I know.        1849 01:28:14,414 --> 01:28:16,666           [Dick] You wanna say                    anything to 'em?          1850 01:28:16,708 --> 01:28:18,167  [Hudson] Well, I wanna tell them          that I haven't given up.      1851 01:28:18,209 --> 01:28:19,752               I have hope,                       and I believe that         1852 01:28:19,794 --> 01:28:21,921             I'm gonna do it.          1853 01:28:21,963 --> 01:28:24,382         I will lose that weight.      1854 01:28:24,424 --> 01:28:25,883             [male reporter]                    In just three months,        1855 01:28:25,925 --> 01:28:28,720           he lost 300 pounds.         1856 01:28:28,761 --> 01:28:32,307        But his biggest lost came                   the first time           1857 01:28:32,348 --> 01:28:33,766       he tried to leave his house.    1858 01:28:33,808 --> 01:28:36,311  [Dick] Next move was to get him               out of that house          1859 01:28:36,352 --> 01:28:37,645        and take him to a facility     1860 01:28:37,687 --> 01:28:39,355          where we could get him                    in the ocean.            1861 01:28:39,397 --> 01:28:41,482             [male reporter]                   On that day in February,      1862 01:28:41,524 --> 01:28:43,276         with the world watching,      1863 01:28:43,318 --> 01:28:45,903              Walter refused                       to walk outside.          1864 01:28:45,945 --> 01:28:48,740        So Dick Gregory walked out                     on him.               1865 01:28:48,781 --> 01:28:51,701    Energy-wise and nutrition-wise,               he's ready.             1866 01:28:51,743 --> 01:28:54,537      The psychological problem,               we can't deal with.         1867 01:28:54,579 --> 01:28:57,206      Do you feel you are letting                 people down?             1868 01:28:57,248 --> 01:28:59,667      No, because I figure that,                    you know,              1869 01:28:59,709 --> 01:29:04,339    I'm still going on with my diet       so I haven't let them down.     1870 01:29:04,380 --> 01:29:07,175        I feel that, you know,               that they'll know that,       1871 01:29:07,216 --> 01:29:08,843       and I figure further down                    the road,              1872 01:29:08,885 --> 01:29:10,011    when they see me more thinner,    1873 01:29:10,053 --> 01:29:12,889             they'll know                    that I didn't give up.        1874 01:29:14,265 --> 01:29:18,353         [Dick] Two years later,                   he passed away.           1875 01:29:18,394 --> 01:29:22,231            I can't help him.                 I didn't know what to do,      1876 01:29:22,273 --> 01:29:25,485          and I really felt bad                       about it.              1877 01:29:28,613 --> 01:29:31,032             [waves lapping]           1878 01:29:31,074 --> 01:29:34,744              I decided that                   if I could take a group       1879 01:29:34,786 --> 01:29:39,207  and could really dramatize them                 on the press,            1880 01:29:39,248 --> 01:29:42,460         then maybe we could wake              America's conscience up.      1881 01:29:42,502 --> 01:29:44,420           This is gonna be               the first breathing exercise.    1882 01:29:44,462 --> 01:29:46,297            So move it in.            1883 01:29:46,339 --> 01:29:49,425          [Bellamy] We opened up              a facility in the Bahamas      1884 01:29:49,467 --> 01:29:51,677          called Dick Gregory's                     Health Resort,           1885 01:29:51,719 --> 01:29:54,931      and it just began to blossom.               It began to grow.          1886 01:29:54,972 --> 01:29:56,349             - I love who?                          - Myself!              1887 01:29:56,391 --> 01:29:58,351              - I love who?                         - Myself!              1888 01:29:58,393 --> 01:30:00,103             - I love who?                          - Myself!              1889 01:30:00,144 --> 01:30:01,437           [Dick] Most doctors                    and most hospitals         1890 01:30:01,479 --> 01:30:03,523          don't know what to do                with the morbidly obese,      1891 01:30:03,564 --> 01:30:06,442        and yet there's 34 million                 Americans obese.          1892 01:30:06,484 --> 01:30:08,194           There's 100 million                    that's overweight.         1893 01:30:08,236 --> 01:30:10,113                - 301.                               - 301!                1894 01:30:10,154 --> 01:30:12,031         [cheers and applause]        1895 01:30:12,073 --> 01:30:14,367             Some of the guys                  hadn't seen their feet,       1896 01:30:14,409 --> 01:30:16,035          you know, standing up.       1897 01:30:16,077 --> 01:30:19,789       They hadn't seen collarbones           in their bodies in years,      1898 01:30:19,831 --> 01:30:22,458  things that we take for granted.  1899 01:30:22,500 --> 01:30:27,463      We were able to effect change            in...in people's lives.       1900 01:30:27,505 --> 01:30:30,466      [male reporter] And last year,        he sold the franchise rights    1901 01:30:30,508 --> 01:30:34,470  for his Slim Safe Bahamian Diet          for a reported $30 million.     1902 01:30:34,512 --> 01:30:38,766       Do you think people would          find it somewhat of a paradox    1903 01:30:38,808 --> 01:30:41,519       to...to see a man who is                 such an activist,          1904 01:30:41,561 --> 01:30:44,814    who has so long been connected             with so many cause,         1905 01:30:44,856 --> 01:30:46,190       to be such a wealthy man?      1906 01:30:46,232 --> 01:30:49,152           No, well, I think              you'd probably be surprised,     1907 01:30:49,193 --> 01:30:51,320      but I've always made money.     1908 01:30:51,362 --> 01:30:55,158  [Sykes] When Dick Gregory became             this entrepreneur          1909 01:30:55,199 --> 01:30:59,537         with the Bahamian Diet,            I don't remember anyone saying  1910 01:30:59,579 --> 01:31:02,623      that he was a sellout or...         or was disappointed with him,    1911 01:31:02,665 --> 01:31:06,127    as, "Hey, this is a good idea,"                you know?              1912 01:31:06,169 --> 01:31:07,420            At least it was                    something positive.         1913 01:31:07,462 --> 01:31:09,172     It's not like he was selling,                  you know,              1914 01:31:09,213 --> 01:31:11,340       Dick Gregory Cigarettes.       1915 01:31:11,382 --> 01:31:13,926               [Christian]                      My father, as somebody       1916 01:31:13,968 --> 01:31:15,178        who came from very little,     1917 01:31:15,219 --> 01:31:17,346        had very little attachment                    to money.              1918 01:31:17,388 --> 01:31:19,682              If he had it,                    he was going to use it,       1919 01:31:19,724 --> 01:31:22,351      and he was using it to advance         something for the better.      1920 01:31:22,393 --> 01:31:23,519             [male reporter]                   But we're talking about       1921 01:31:23,561 --> 01:31:25,021          millions and millions                    of dollars here.          1922 01:31:25,062 --> 01:31:27,440       [Dick] No, I don't think so.               I mean, I'm sure.          1923 01:31:27,482 --> 01:31:30,443       I'm sure they're shocked        because--not shocked because of,  1924 01:31:30,485 --> 01:31:32,987          I don't act the way               you think wealthy people       1925 01:31:33,029 --> 01:31:34,489         are supposed to act.         1926 01:31:34,530 --> 01:31:36,866                [Yohance]                       What his net value was       1927 01:31:36,908 --> 01:31:40,703                was never               even remotely important to him.    1928 01:31:40,745 --> 01:31:44,832  And so when you don't keep your         eye on that financial needle,    1929 01:31:44,874 --> 01:31:48,169        yeah, things can go wrong.     1930 01:31:48,211 --> 01:31:52,924            somber music            1931 01:31:52,965 --> 01:31:58,179                                     1932 01:31:58,221 --> 01:32:00,973          - Tried your diet.                      - I love it.             1933 01:32:01,015 --> 01:32:04,227             - Thank you.                   - All right. Fine. Okay.       1934 01:32:04,268 --> 01:32:09,315        He was a great entertainer           and a very poor businessman.    1935 01:32:09,357 --> 01:32:12,026            He did not end up                       in a situation           1936 01:32:12,068 --> 01:32:15,321         where much of the money                flowed to him at all.        1937 01:32:15,363 --> 01:32:17,573                                     1938 01:32:17,615 --> 01:32:20,076  [Christian] It became an inside           fight between Dick Gregory     1939 01:32:20,117 --> 01:32:22,578            and his partners.          1940 01:32:22,620 --> 01:32:26,832                                     1941 01:32:26,874 --> 01:32:30,086         They felt as though Dick            was spending too much money     1942 01:32:30,127 --> 01:32:34,674         in these desires to have            a facility and other things     1943 01:32:34,715 --> 01:32:37,385          he wanted to do versus               what they wanted to do,       1944 01:32:37,426 --> 01:32:40,221         was just basically move               and distribute product.       1945 01:32:40,263 --> 01:32:42,682          Two different sides                 of the executive team        1946 01:32:42,723 --> 01:32:46,727  sued each other, and it wound up            in federal court.          1947 01:32:46,769 --> 01:32:50,106               The facility                      in Fort Walton Beach        1948 01:32:50,147 --> 01:32:52,692            ultimately closed.         1949 01:32:56,487 --> 01:32:58,614           It ended very badly         1950 01:32:58,656 --> 01:33:00,533        with over $2 million worth                 of his royalties          1951 01:33:00,575 --> 01:33:04,829          were tied up in court                that he couldn't access.      1952 01:33:04,870 --> 01:33:09,333          Bankruptcy really was                    the only option.          1953 01:33:10,710 --> 01:33:15,047            [birds calling]           1954 01:33:15,089 --> 01:33:17,508      I got a call from him one day,                and he said,            1955 01:33:17,550 --> 01:33:20,595       "Doctor, it's gonna be bad.               It's gonna be bad,"         1956 01:33:20,636 --> 01:33:21,804      and I said, "What do you mean?  1957 01:33:21,846 --> 01:33:24,807                 He said,                    "Well, I'm at the point now     1958 01:33:24,849 --> 01:33:27,727      where I will no longer be able         to pay my life insurance.      1959 01:33:27,768 --> 01:33:32,815         I will no longer be able               to protect my family."       1960 01:33:40,865 --> 01:33:42,825               [Christian]                    It wasn't long after that      1961 01:33:42,867 --> 01:33:47,413            before we started                      to lose things.           1962 01:33:52,710 --> 01:33:55,630  And it was just me and my mother              and my daughter           1963 01:33:55,671 --> 01:33:58,299        living there at the time,      1964 01:33:58,341 --> 01:34:00,176        and I see these big trucks                     outside,              1965 01:34:00,217 --> 01:34:02,219           and I'm like, "Mom?"        1966 01:34:02,261 --> 01:34:04,430            somber music            1967 01:34:04,472 --> 01:34:05,389            [Lillian] Oh, God,                 it was a terrible time.       1968 01:34:05,431 --> 01:34:07,099       It was just a terrible time,    1969 01:34:07,141 --> 01:34:11,979         and it all just sort of                 happened in a blur.         1970 01:34:12,021 --> 01:34:14,732      [Christian] We lost the farm,                Tower Hill Farm,          1971 01:34:14,774 --> 01:34:16,984             it was a fixture                      for us Gregorys,          1972 01:34:17,026 --> 01:34:20,613               was no more.            1973 01:34:20,655 --> 01:34:25,868                                     1974 01:34:34,043 --> 01:34:36,045          I was at Morgan State                     at that time,            1975 01:34:36,087 --> 01:34:38,464           and I just remember                   getting a call that         1976 01:34:38,506 --> 01:34:39,715         we had lost the farm         1977 01:34:39,757 --> 01:34:44,553          and that everything                  got taken offsite.          1978 01:34:44,595 --> 01:34:47,723       The lien holder had secured                a company to come          1979 01:34:47,765 --> 01:34:51,811  and move everything and move it            into their storage unit.      1980 01:34:51,852 --> 01:34:55,398          I never knew for sure,               except I knew every time      1981 01:34:55,439 --> 01:35:00,277    I needed to reach him directly,      there wasn't really a phone.     1982 01:35:00,319 --> 01:35:01,779       There was no home phone.       1983 01:35:01,821 --> 01:35:05,783     I could call Lill or I could            call his son Christian,       1984 01:35:05,825 --> 01:35:08,077            but I kinda sensed         1985 01:35:08,119 --> 01:35:11,997            that he was living                   from place to place.        1986 01:35:12,039 --> 01:35:15,793      [Dick] I didn't know that I'd     have a Rolls-Royce repossessed,    1987 01:35:15,835 --> 01:35:21,465  that I'd be put out of my house     with worldwide television there,  1988 01:35:21,507 --> 01:35:24,635            and I didn't care.         1989 01:35:24,677 --> 01:35:27,430        [woman] Did he wish he was               still a millionaire?        1990 01:35:27,471 --> 01:35:30,182             I'm sure he did,          1991 01:35:30,224 --> 01:35:35,104        but I think what he really                would have missed,         1992 01:35:35,146 --> 01:35:38,357      if someone said, "You are not             Dick Gregory anymore.        1993 01:35:38,399 --> 01:35:41,360      What you say does not matter,"  1994 01:35:41,402 --> 01:35:43,946          that would have broke                      his spirit.             1995 01:35:43,988 --> 01:35:47,074      There's a whole generation             that grew up listening        1996 01:35:47,116 --> 01:35:48,743           to Dick Gregory.           1997 01:35:48,784 --> 01:35:53,622    And I don't know that you have            the visibility today         1998 01:35:53,664 --> 01:35:55,541         that you had before.                    - No, I don't.            1999 01:35:56,834 --> 01:36:02,047                                     2000 01:36:04,091 --> 01:36:07,970             One day, I went                   into this huge showroom.      2001 01:36:08,012 --> 01:36:09,930                                      2002 01:36:09,972 --> 01:36:14,602             Did my whole act                  to an empty auditorium.       2003 01:36:14,643 --> 01:36:19,523          I just went in and did                    my whole act.            2004 01:36:19,565 --> 01:36:22,067         I don't know why I did.       2005 01:36:22,109 --> 01:36:24,153                                     2006 01:36:24,195 --> 01:36:28,949           Ooh, it was painful.              I mean, painful 'cause why?     2007 01:36:28,991 --> 01:36:30,951             Ain't no laughs.          2008 01:36:30,993 --> 01:36:35,080         When you're doing humor               or doing entertainment,       2009 01:36:35,122 --> 01:36:38,459        you depend on human beings                    to react,              2010 01:36:38,501 --> 01:36:41,670           and if you don't get                     that reaction,           2011 01:36:41,712 --> 01:36:44,173            then your rhythm,                   your juice don't flow.       2012 01:36:44,215 --> 01:36:45,925                                     2013 01:36:45,966 --> 01:36:49,178        That made me have respect                   for hecklers.            2014 01:36:49,220 --> 01:36:52,348       You know, I would rather be           in a room full of hecklers,     2015 01:36:52,389 --> 01:36:55,851  try to do my act than in a room               with nobody in it.         2016 01:36:55,893 --> 01:36:59,855                                     2017 01:37:03,901 --> 01:37:06,529        Next up, we are honored             to have a world-renowned       2018 01:37:06,570 --> 01:37:08,739         civil rights activist                  and nutritionist           2019 01:37:08,781 --> 01:37:11,075         who allowed me to eat                 his pre-roast meat,         2020 01:37:11,116 --> 01:37:12,493        and I appreciate that.        2021 01:37:12,535 --> 01:37:16,163            Please welcome                 the very old Dick Gregory.      2022 01:37:16,205 --> 01:37:17,957         [cheers and applause]        2023 01:37:17,998 --> 01:37:19,542      [Schneider] I met Dick Gregory        at the roast of Hugh Hefner.    2024 01:37:19,583 --> 01:37:22,127             After I met him,                    I knew he was funny,        2025 01:37:22,169 --> 01:37:25,464      and I...I remembered I went           like, "I gotta hire him."      2026 01:37:25,506 --> 01:37:28,133       So I asked him if he wanted            to be in one of my movies.     2027 01:37:28,175 --> 01:37:30,928          And I said, "It's a...                 It's a silly movie."        2028 01:37:30,970 --> 01:37:33,889           Movie was called                 "The Hot Chick." [laughs]      2029 01:37:33,931 --> 01:37:36,851      I wanted Dick to come in there             and have some fun.         2030 01:37:36,892 --> 01:37:39,895           He got it instantly.                   He just nailed it.         2031 01:37:39,937 --> 01:37:41,355      - You got to hold on to it.                     - Oh!                2032 01:37:41,397 --> 01:37:44,608       Not too tight, but enough          to let it know you the boss.     2033 01:37:44,650 --> 01:37:47,069             - [grunting]                  - Remember, if you shake it     2034 01:37:47,111 --> 01:37:49,154           more than twice,                  you're playing with it.       2035 01:37:49,196 --> 01:37:50,906               [grunts]               2036 01:37:50,948 --> 01:37:53,826          If you know funny,                 you don't ever lose it.       2037 01:37:53,868 --> 01:37:55,369       You...you always know it.      2038 01:37:55,411 --> 01:37:57,037          And then, 'cause like              a month later, I got a call,    2039 01:37:57,079 --> 01:38:00,749               and he said,                 "Because of that movie I did,    2040 01:38:00,791 --> 01:38:03,878          I got health insurance                     for Lillian,            2041 01:38:03,919 --> 01:38:07,214       and, uh, she broke her arm,                   and she, uh,            2042 01:38:07,256 --> 01:38:08,799            we got insurance,                 paid for the whole thing,      2043 01:38:08,841 --> 01:38:10,885        so thank you, my brother."     2044 01:38:10,926 --> 01:38:15,514             I didn't know                  he didn't have insurance.      2045 01:38:15,556 --> 01:38:17,892      [indistinct conversations]      2046 01:38:17,933 --> 01:38:20,436      [Christian] We all get older.           We all have a life cycle,      2047 01:38:20,477 --> 01:38:23,355  and you know, it doesn't matter           how legendary you may be,      2048 01:38:23,397 --> 01:38:25,107              aging's aging.           2049 01:38:25,149 --> 01:38:27,610                                     2050 01:38:27,651 --> 01:38:30,404      He called me up, and he said,    2051 01:38:30,446 --> 01:38:34,533       "Hey, hey, doc, I've been            walking around this hotel      2052 01:38:34,575 --> 01:38:38,829            for 20 minutes                   looking for my kitchen,       2053 01:38:38,871 --> 01:38:42,082         and it took that long               before it dawned on me        2054 01:38:42,124 --> 01:38:43,500         that I wasn't home."         2055 01:38:43,542 --> 01:38:49,006          He had early onset                     of Alzheimer's.           2056 01:38:49,048 --> 01:38:51,550        That was the first time               that I started to see        2057 01:38:51,592 --> 01:38:53,385      the anger kind of rise up.      2058 01:38:53,427 --> 01:38:54,803      What you say? See, you keep               looking for shit.          2059 01:38:54,845 --> 01:38:57,306       But I'm not understanding               what the difference         2060 01:38:57,348 --> 01:38:58,766     of your search and my search.    2061 01:38:58,807 --> 01:39:00,309         You ain't supposed to               understand. It's money.       2062 01:39:00,351 --> 01:39:02,102            Fucking money.            2063 01:39:02,144 --> 01:39:04,438       I was a former assistant       2064 01:39:04,480 --> 01:39:08,776     and manager of Dick Gregory.     2065 01:39:08,817 --> 01:39:10,945       [laughs] Man, Mr. Gregory          cursed me out so many times,     2066 01:39:10,986 --> 01:39:12,571    and I got fired so many times,    2067 01:39:12,613 --> 01:39:17,034           and then rehired                   in the same sentence.        2068 01:39:17,076 --> 01:39:18,869        You know, he cursed out                    everybody.              2069 01:39:18,911 --> 01:39:20,704  I seen him curse out Kevin Hart.  2070 01:39:20,746 --> 01:39:23,624                                     2071 01:39:23,666 --> 01:39:25,167            [Hart] Nick Cannon                   was in the hospital.        2072 01:39:25,209 --> 01:39:28,295          Dick Gregory was there              when I showed up to visit,     2073 01:39:28,337 --> 01:39:30,673    and he started cussing me out.    2074 01:39:30,714 --> 01:39:32,925     "You better put your money in     the Black financial institution,  2075 01:39:32,967 --> 01:39:35,302       you stupid motherfucker."                    [laughs]               2076 01:39:35,344 --> 01:39:37,930      He...He would cuss at you,             and it was aggressive,        2077 01:39:37,972 --> 01:39:40,140    but you still had to understand           that he meant well.         2078 01:39:40,182 --> 01:39:42,142     You try to speak out of turn          when Mr. Gregory's talking,     2079 01:39:42,184 --> 01:39:44,645      you don't care who you are               or what's going on.         2080 01:39:44,687 --> 01:39:46,313       He gon' let you have it.       2081 01:39:46,355 --> 01:39:48,983     On one hand, he's one of the      greatest comedians to ever live.  2082 01:39:49,024 --> 01:39:50,985          On the other hand,                   can't stop talking.         2083 01:39:51,026 --> 01:39:53,696        He had a little briefcase                     with him.              2084 01:39:53,737 --> 01:39:55,489     He broke that out, and he had    2085 01:39:55,531 --> 01:39:58,325               you know,                   clippings of news articles.     2086 01:39:58,367 --> 01:40:00,869           So it went from,                "Here comes Dick Gregory,"      2087 01:40:00,911 --> 01:40:03,539             to "Oh, shit!                  Here comes Dick Gregory."      2088 01:40:03,580 --> 01:40:06,041         And he gon' tell you              that you don't know nothing     2089 01:40:06,083 --> 01:40:08,377     and that you need to sit down                 and listen.             2090 01:40:08,419 --> 01:40:10,295    "You're a stupid motherfucker."          Like...and it was...         2091 01:40:10,337 --> 01:40:12,214          it was like, okay,               "Well, hold on now, Dick."      2092 01:40:12,256 --> 01:40:14,466      "You know, the Russians own                 Mountain Dew,            2093 01:40:14,508 --> 01:40:17,219      and they're putting uranium           in..." You know, so okay.      2094 01:40:17,261 --> 01:40:18,637      First of all, ain't nobody              ever telling me this.        2095 01:40:18,679 --> 01:40:22,474       Second of all, let me...          let me receive the information.  2096 01:40:22,516 --> 01:40:26,395     "You know, Hasbro has a chip               inside your brain          2097 01:40:26,437 --> 01:40:30,816     that you think is a toy that         monitors your..." Huh? What?     2098 01:40:30,858 --> 01:40:34,236       Possibly, if you lowered             the tone and aggression,       2099 01:40:34,278 --> 01:40:36,113           and aggression...          2100 01:40:36,155 --> 01:40:38,073  "You know, the government counts      every time you say 'nigga.'"     2101 01:40:38,115 --> 01:40:39,742           Huh? What? Okay.           2102 01:40:39,783 --> 01:40:42,619      And even though it came out                  aggressive,             2103 01:40:42,661 --> 01:40:44,413    at the end of it, he was like,             "I'm talking to you         2104 01:40:44,455 --> 01:40:48,250     the way I talk to you because          I want you to be somebody      2105 01:40:48,292 --> 01:40:51,086       that does the right thing          so other people can follow."     2106 01:40:51,128 --> 01:40:53,964       He just spoke his truth.              Like, that's his truth.       2107 01:40:54,006 --> 01:40:55,257    You know, he don't care if you            don't like it or not.        2108 01:40:55,299 --> 01:40:56,925             He don't care               if you don't respect it or not.  2109 01:40:56,967 --> 01:40:58,719          This is his truth.          2110 01:40:58,761 --> 01:41:02,222     You look on the internet now,     and you just see countless clips  2111 01:41:02,264 --> 01:41:06,727        of just a fire-breathing,                     angry man.             2112 01:41:06,769 --> 01:41:09,938        We'd tell Pop, "You know,           maybe you should rest yourself  2113 01:41:09,980 --> 01:41:11,607            for a little bit."         2114 01:41:11,648 --> 01:41:13,358     Resting for him was...I said,         "Well, if you're gonna give     2115 01:41:13,400 --> 01:41:14,693       the same level of energy,      2116 01:41:14,735 --> 01:41:16,278       we might as well have you                up on the stage."          2117 01:41:16,320 --> 01:41:21,450    So as he got back into comedy,        he made a very clear decision    2118 01:41:21,492 --> 01:41:24,453    that he was going to, you know,                be R-A-W.              2119 01:41:24,495 --> 01:41:26,580        He was gonna be as raw                 as he wanted to be.         2120 01:41:26,622 --> 01:41:31,210       uptempo jazz drum music      2121 01:41:31,251 --> 01:41:33,045                                     2122 01:41:33,087 --> 01:41:33,962             [DJ Envy] We got                  a special guest with us       2123 01:41:34,004 --> 01:41:35,464      in the building this morning.    2124 01:41:35,506 --> 01:41:36,548          [Charlamagne tha God]              A very, very special guest.     2125 01:41:36,590 --> 01:41:37,925        It's a privilege and honor     2126 01:41:37,966 --> 01:41:39,176  to have this man in the building               this morning.            2127 01:41:39,218 --> 01:41:41,303           - Mr. Dick Gregory.                   - Mr. Dick Gregory.         2128 01:41:41,345 --> 01:41:45,140     - I've got 10 children, man.                    - Damn.               2129 01:41:45,182 --> 01:41:47,309           - That's...Damn?              - I'm happy for you. I'm proud.  2130 01:41:47,351 --> 01:41:48,644              Happy now?              2131 01:41:48,685 --> 01:41:49,686      I want my sperm to catch up                   to yours.              2132 01:41:49,728 --> 01:41:52,106       Oh, man, I'd just get me                    some booty.             2133 01:41:52,147 --> 01:41:54,108              [laughter]              2134 01:41:54,149 --> 01:41:55,776           Towards the end,              he ended up being funny again,    2135 01:41:55,818 --> 01:41:57,277     and he was doing club shows.     2136 01:41:57,319 --> 01:42:00,447        It was like, oh, okay.                  Now we can hang.           2137 01:42:00,489 --> 01:42:03,867         Well, I got a cousin              outside of St. Louis--Jabo.     2138 01:42:03,909 --> 01:42:06,036  He'd be my Secretary of Defense,  2139 01:42:06,078 --> 01:42:08,205      and I would just see these          white folks on "60 Minutes."     2140 01:42:08,247 --> 01:42:09,832        "Jabo, now that you're                     Secretary,              2141 01:42:09,873 --> 01:42:11,333        what you plan on doing                   about defense?"           2142 01:42:11,375 --> 01:42:13,752       "See, first I'm-a fix it,                 then paint it."           2143 01:42:13,794 --> 01:42:17,506              [laughter]              2144 01:42:17,548 --> 01:42:21,176      - God bless. Dick Gregory.           - I met you when I was 19.      2145 01:42:21,218 --> 01:42:22,761          Here you are today                still kicking knowledge.       2146 01:42:22,803 --> 01:42:25,514         What drives you, sir?        2147 01:42:25,556 --> 01:42:27,182              - My bills.                             - Mm.                2148 01:42:27,224 --> 01:42:28,934              [laughter]              2149 01:42:28,976 --> 01:42:30,811            He would never                     get off the stage.          2150 01:42:30,853 --> 01:42:35,023  Imagine three hours on the stage       and then an hour and a half     2151 01:42:35,065 --> 01:42:37,192        doing a meet and greet                     afterwards,             2152 01:42:37,234 --> 01:42:39,027             and it's like                     one in the morning.         2153 01:42:39,069 --> 01:42:41,530      [Dick] I never thought I'd see                  the day               2154 01:42:41,572 --> 01:42:44,533       that white folks would start              asking me to comment        2155 01:42:44,575 --> 01:42:46,243         on white folks problems.      2156 01:42:46,285 --> 01:42:48,537        I came back in from Europe                   last month.             2157 01:42:48,579 --> 01:42:51,915  CNN. "Uh, Mr. Gregory, you think      we'll ever catch bin Laden?"     2158 01:42:51,957 --> 01:42:53,709             I said, "We?"            2159 01:42:53,750 --> 01:42:56,211              [laughter]              2160 01:42:56,253 --> 01:42:59,548      - I ain't looking for him.                  - [laughter]             2161 01:42:59,590 --> 01:43:03,802       The best? I don't wanna talk            about who was the best.       2162 01:43:03,844 --> 01:43:06,763          I wanna talk about                   who's the baddest.          2163 01:43:06,805 --> 01:43:08,724    I became aware of Dick Gregory    2164 01:43:08,765 --> 01:43:10,517  because there's something called  2165 01:43:10,559 --> 01:43:12,769        State of the Black Union,      2166 01:43:12,811 --> 01:43:14,438           and Dick Gregory                 was always on the panel.       2167 01:43:14,479 --> 01:43:16,648           The Black brother                   from Wells Fargo...         2168 01:43:16,690 --> 01:43:18,358             - [laughter]                           - Uh-huh.              2169 01:43:18,400 --> 01:43:21,737       ...head of the mortgages,      2170 01:43:21,778 --> 01:43:24,740      I pulled him over and said,           "I need to talk to you."       2171 01:43:24,781 --> 01:43:26,408             - [laughter]                   - He said, "Brother Greg,      2172 01:43:26,450 --> 01:43:27,868         you need a mortgage?"        2173 01:43:27,910 --> 01:43:30,537    I said, "No, they took my house          when times was good."        2174 01:43:30,579 --> 01:43:32,748              [laughter]              2175 01:43:32,789 --> 01:43:35,083        I need two big banners,       2176 01:43:35,125 --> 01:43:38,086            one for the FBI               and one for the White House.     2177 01:43:38,128 --> 01:43:42,424    Picket it, shut the shit down,                 and then...             2178 01:43:42,466 --> 01:43:44,259         and then go to jail.                   You ready to go?           2179 01:43:44,301 --> 01:43:46,386      I think people get confused                   and think              2180 01:43:46,428 --> 01:43:48,096        that he was an activist             who decided to be funny.       2181 01:43:48,138 --> 01:43:51,266     No, no, no, his soul was that            of a stand-up comic.         2182 01:43:51,308 --> 01:43:53,310           He just could not                 just do that in a world       2183 01:43:53,352 --> 01:43:55,270         that was falling down                     around him.             2184 01:43:55,312 --> 01:43:57,272        No, I wish Bill Clinton                     was here               2185 01:43:57,314 --> 01:44:00,400      so I would apologize to him             for you Black folks.         2186 01:44:00,442 --> 01:44:01,944     This is why he's a comedian,              'cause...'cause...          2187 01:44:01,985 --> 01:44:03,362          'cause you bring up                     Bill Clinton,            2188 01:44:03,403 --> 01:44:05,030     and all...every Black person                  kinda goes,             2189 01:44:05,072 --> 01:44:07,407     "Okay, first Black president.                 We, uh..."              2190 01:44:07,449 --> 01:44:09,409     But the fact is, we...I would         apologize to Bill Clinton.      2191 01:44:09,451 --> 01:44:11,078        Even as a Black person                     who thinks              2192 01:44:11,119 --> 01:44:12,955      you know where he's going,            he's like, "Wait. What?"       2193 01:44:12,996 --> 01:44:15,832           No, I mean that.               You Black folks tricked him.     2194 01:44:15,874 --> 01:44:18,585              You went in                    that big, old Black pot       2195 01:44:18,627 --> 01:44:22,130      and said, "Here, white boy.                  You Black."             2196 01:44:22,172 --> 01:44:24,258               - [laughter]                             - Huh?               2197 01:44:24,299 --> 01:44:27,094        And then you went back                  in that Black pot          2198 01:44:27,135 --> 01:44:28,887        and said, "Here, Obama.             You ain't Black enough."       2199 01:44:28,929 --> 01:44:30,806       What kind of fool is you?      2200 01:44:30,847 --> 01:44:32,724         - [uproarious laughter]                        - Huh?               2201 01:44:32,766 --> 01:44:35,394       What kind of fool is you?      2202 01:44:35,435 --> 01:44:38,480      He was at that age that he           really could say whatever.      2203 01:44:38,522 --> 01:44:42,567      Your children ain't violent              because they Black.         2204 01:44:42,609 --> 01:44:44,278          They ain't violent.         2205 01:44:44,319 --> 01:44:45,821       Most people in the world               lived in the ghetto.         2206 01:44:45,862 --> 01:44:47,322        They don't kill people.       2207 01:44:47,364 --> 01:44:51,910         What are you putting             in my malt liquor, white boy?    2208 01:44:51,952 --> 01:44:53,662  What are you putting in it? Huh?  2209 01:44:53,704 --> 01:44:55,622       And you could see everybody                next to him, like,         2210 01:44:55,664 --> 01:44:57,791    "Oh, man, I gotta follow this?              Like..." [laughs]          2211 01:44:57,833 --> 01:45:03,171                                     2212 01:45:14,057 --> 01:45:16,893         The week before he died,      2213 01:45:16,935 --> 01:45:19,229        Dick Gregory was still                 doing engagements.          2214 01:45:19,271 --> 01:45:22,482     My son Christian was probably                getting ready            2215 01:45:22,524 --> 01:45:25,360      to take him to the airport,                 and he said,             2216 01:45:25,402 --> 01:45:27,904  "Oh, I just don't feel so good,"        and then Christian said,       2217 01:45:27,946 --> 01:45:30,907     "Dad, wait a minute. You just       gotta cancel this engagement."    2218 01:45:38,332 --> 01:45:40,959  [Christian] We thought my father            was in the hospital         2219 01:45:41,001 --> 01:45:43,795               for a simple                    urinary tract infection.      2220 01:45:43,837 --> 01:45:48,633      It wasn't until an astute eye                of a radiologist          2221 01:45:48,675 --> 01:45:52,637      caught what he believed to be             a significant problem        2222 01:45:52,679 --> 01:45:56,641               taking place             with my father's blood vessels.    2223 01:45:56,683 --> 01:45:59,061            And they said,                   "We really don't think        2224 01:45:59,102 --> 01:46:00,687      he's gonna live that long."     2225 01:46:00,729 --> 01:46:03,231    And we were just like, "What?"        You know, we're just stunned.    2226 01:46:03,273 --> 01:46:07,194                                     2227 01:46:07,235 --> 01:46:10,947        I know he was ready to go.     2228 01:46:10,989 --> 01:46:14,242    He knows he had did everything            he needed to ever do.        2229 01:46:14,284 --> 01:46:17,412         And I just felt he...                     he just...              2230 01:46:17,454 --> 01:46:20,540        I just wished a picture        could've been taken of his face.  2231 01:46:20,582 --> 01:46:24,544      To this day, it's the most           beautiful facial expression     2232 01:46:24,586 --> 01:46:26,213            that I've seen                     in my entire life,          2233 01:46:26,254 --> 01:46:31,676       was that last wink made.       2234 01:46:31,718 --> 01:46:34,721         Just that last wink.         2235 01:46:34,763 --> 01:46:36,306           [exhales deeply]           2236 01:46:36,348 --> 01:46:41,019       The look on his face was          one of the most peaceful looks    2237 01:46:41,061 --> 01:46:43,730        I ever saw on his face                     in my life.             2238 01:46:43,772 --> 01:46:48,610    And we just stayed right there,            and there it was.          2239 01:46:48,652 --> 01:46:51,029                                     2240 01:46:51,071 --> 01:46:54,116         We all quickly became                     clear that              2241 01:46:54,157 --> 01:46:57,953             the...the...                    the world just lost...        2242 01:46:57,994 --> 01:47:01,706        [voice breaking] uh...             an incredible human being.      2243 01:47:04,626 --> 01:47:09,381            hopeful music           2244 01:47:09,423 --> 01:47:14,636                                     2245 01:47:16,721 --> 01:47:18,306           [birds chirping]           2246 01:47:18,348 --> 01:47:21,184                  [Dick]                     I'll always have advocates,     2247 01:47:21,226 --> 01:47:25,147           many of my friends,                 people that work for me,      2248 01:47:25,188 --> 01:47:29,818             that see through                      all my ignorance          2249 01:47:29,860 --> 01:47:32,195       and can still see my dreams.    2250 01:47:32,237 --> 01:47:36,324         And that's what my wife                   was able to do,           2251 01:47:36,366 --> 01:47:40,120       see through my hostility...     2252 01:47:40,162 --> 01:47:43,248            and see the love.          2253 01:47:43,290 --> 01:47:48,503                                     2254 01:47:49,546 --> 01:47:51,923           [birds chirping]           2255 01:47:51,965 --> 01:47:54,426                                     2256 01:47:54,468 --> 01:47:58,096    If young people were to ask me           what distinguished him,       2257 01:47:58,138 --> 01:48:01,475         I would say the fact            that he shook the body politic,  2258 01:48:01,516 --> 01:48:03,852         that he enjoyed flirting               with the establishment       2259 01:48:03,894 --> 01:48:05,479              on his terms.            2260 01:48:05,520 --> 01:48:07,063     I just fell in love with him                 all the time.            2261 01:48:07,105 --> 01:48:10,484          He was just my man.         2262 01:48:10,525 --> 01:48:12,777    He lived an extraordinary life.  2263 01:48:12,819 --> 01:48:15,155           Like, most people          2264 01:48:15,197 --> 01:48:18,909      don't get to do a tenth...                    [laughs]               2265 01:48:18,950 --> 01:48:21,077        of what he experienced.       2266 01:48:21,119 --> 01:48:25,665      If somebody told you, "Hey,         this guy did all these things    2267 01:48:25,707 --> 01:48:30,003      and was kind of oppressed,"      you'd be like, "Get outta here."  2268 01:48:30,045 --> 01:48:35,926         The thing you learn from           guys like that is...is try it.  2269 01:48:35,967 --> 01:48:39,221        Don't be lazy. Go for it.      2270 01:48:39,262 --> 01:48:41,389          You wanna tell jokes,                      tell jokes.             2271 01:48:41,431 --> 01:48:43,975            If you don't think               you can do it, yes, you can.    2272 01:48:44,017 --> 01:48:47,729  You...Oh, you weigh 300 pounds.            Well, I'm gonna lose it.      2273 01:48:47,771 --> 01:48:50,106        Yes, you can lose it all.            You can make a lot of money.    2274 01:48:50,148 --> 01:48:52,234       You can lose a lot of money.    2275 01:48:52,275 --> 01:48:54,319       This guy lived the life,       2276 01:48:54,361 --> 01:48:58,740            and that's what                everyone should aspire to.      2277 01:48:58,782 --> 01:49:00,575           He saw the flaws           2278 01:49:00,617 --> 01:49:04,079       in how we were being treated     and where we were being placed.    2279 01:49:04,120 --> 01:49:06,581        He wanted to be a part                   of the change,            2280 01:49:06,623 --> 01:49:09,000           and he always fought                    for that change.          2281 01:49:09,042 --> 01:49:11,461      [Chappelle] The sacrifices he     made aren't necessarily required  2282 01:49:11,503 --> 01:49:14,464             of every artist,                     but that there are         2283 01:49:14,506 --> 01:49:18,552          very special people                 every few generations        2284 01:49:18,593 --> 01:49:23,056          we're blessed with              that are willing to do that.     2285 01:49:23,098 --> 01:49:24,558    And when you see these people,    2286 01:49:24,599 --> 01:49:26,434     you should give 'em your love              and your respect,          2287 01:49:26,476 --> 01:49:28,979    protect them to whatever extent                you can,               2288 01:49:29,020 --> 01:49:31,273       and try to recognize that      2289 01:49:31,314 --> 01:49:33,108        they're doing something                  very difficult            2290 01:49:33,149 --> 01:49:35,026     for the benefit of all of us.    2291 01:49:35,068 --> 01:49:39,531        He set a very high bar for      the people that came after him.    2292 01:49:39,573 --> 01:49:41,491                                     2293 01:49:41,533 --> 01:49:46,288      He gave so much of himself           to a movement, to a people,     2294 01:49:46,329 --> 01:49:48,665  and he wasn't afraid to do that,  2295 01:49:48,707 --> 01:49:52,419  and I think the work that he did            is still necessary.         2296 01:49:52,460 --> 01:49:55,505         We still have to fight.              We still have to protest.      2297 01:49:55,547 --> 01:49:57,340        We still have to speak up.     2298 01:49:57,382 --> 01:49:59,718        [Sykes] When I started out                  doing comedy,            2299 01:49:59,759 --> 01:50:02,929       I would look at the tapes          of him from back in the day,     2300 01:50:02,971 --> 01:50:08,435       and it definitely taught me                  to aim higher.           2301 01:50:08,476 --> 01:50:10,895    When you gon' throw something,                 aim higher.             2302 01:50:10,937 --> 01:50:16,318                                     2303 01:50:17,944 --> 01:50:19,738            [man] Mr. Gregory,                  is there anything else       2304 01:50:19,779 --> 01:50:23,116          that you'd like to say                   before we leave?          2305 01:50:23,158 --> 01:50:27,245     I've had white folks used to        tell me, "Love it or leave it."  2306 01:50:27,287 --> 01:50:31,666      [laughs] I'm not gon' leave      America till I straighten it out  2307 01:50:31,708 --> 01:50:33,627       and I'm not gon' love it             till she become lovable,       2308 01:50:33,668 --> 01:50:35,170       then I'm getting the fuck                   outta here.             2309 01:50:35,211 --> 01:50:38,840                                     2310 01:50:38,882 --> 01:50:41,134         I know now that there is                 a universal force          2311 01:50:41,176 --> 01:50:43,011      that controls the whole thing.  2312 01:50:43,053 --> 01:50:44,804         You can call it anything                 you wanna call it.         2313 01:50:44,846 --> 01:50:48,475  One day, it's gonna balance out              all of our ledgers,         2314 01:50:48,516 --> 01:50:49,851            and it's gonna be                     a simple question.         2315 01:50:49,893 --> 01:50:51,394           Not "How much money                      did you make?            2316 01:50:51,436 --> 01:50:53,855              Was you funny?                      Did they like you?         2317 01:50:53,897 --> 01:50:55,690          Were you a celebrity?                  Who was your mother?        2318 01:50:55,732 --> 01:50:57,484           Who was your father?                  Where did you live?         2319 01:50:57,525 --> 01:50:58,860        What school did you go to?     2320 01:50:58,902 --> 01:51:00,403       Where did you send your kids                  to school?"             2321 01:51:00,445 --> 01:51:01,529       There's one simple question                  that all of us           2322 01:51:01,571 --> 01:51:03,365         are going to deal with--      2323 01:51:03,406 --> 01:51:07,452      "How much service did you give       to your fellow human beings?"    2324 01:51:07,494 --> 01:51:09,663             Just that simple                    and just that sweet.        2325 01:51:09,704 --> 01:51:11,122               - [man] Yes.                         - [ applause ]           2326 01:51:11,164 --> 01:51:12,957                                     2327 01:51:12,999 --> 01:51:14,459             [Black Thought]                 I'm tactical and strategic   2328 01:51:14,501 --> 01:51:16,294        Practical and collegiate     2329 01:51:16,336 --> 01:51:18,380              Enough to know                      if you read it           2330 01:51:18,421 --> 01:51:20,799         Don't mean you need it,            I follow proper procedure      2331 01:51:20,840 --> 01:51:24,052   And get my money right off top              like alopecia            2332 01:51:24,094 --> 01:51:27,222          I see what's trending            was truly the end of an era     2333 01:51:27,263 --> 01:51:29,724        But it's forever or never,              I'm ever and ever          2334 01:51:29,766 --> 01:51:31,851            I am the vendetta                that's never been better      2335 01:51:31,893 --> 01:51:34,062          Than lyrical terrors,                 incredibly clever          2336 01:51:34,104 --> 01:51:36,398          Perspective is meta        2337 01:51:36,439 --> 01:51:38,066            Y'all niggas need                   to get it together         2338 01:51:38,108 --> 01:51:39,401        Like birds of a feather      2339 01:51:39,442 --> 01:51:42,070             I pen the words                      of an Edgar...           2340 01:51:42,112 --> 01:51:44,239                Allan Poe                     'cause I go for broke        2341 01:51:44,280 --> 01:51:45,699           Whether or not it's                   for more cheddar          2342 01:51:45,740 --> 01:51:48,952        'Cause I am a go-getter      2343 01:51:48,993 --> 01:51:50,286              Loaded lines,                  my bars bear the burden       2344 01:51:50,328 --> 01:51:52,038       I been in the gym overtime   2345 01:51:52,080 --> 01:51:54,749         No calls for disturbing                  my over grind            2346 01:51:54,791 --> 01:51:57,085             And moving on me                  gets you immobilized        2347 01:51:57,127 --> 01:52:00,422        My rhymes, super human,       I've been next to immortalized   2348 01:52:00,463 --> 01:52:02,882       The honorable, I come right            at you comical clowns        2349 01:52:02,924 --> 01:52:05,969            And break it down              into particles and molecules   2350 01:52:06,010 --> 01:52:08,972          So trying me is trying                  the impossible           2351 01:52:09,013 --> 01:52:12,016         Slingshots to a monster       that keep darts in the arsenal   2352 01:52:12,058 --> 01:52:13,852        [Dick] I would like to say               thank you very much         2353 01:52:13,893 --> 01:52:17,731         and, uh, I really picked                a good time to quit.        2354 01:52:17,772 --> 01:52:20,942      Probably won't miss me at all.  2355 01:52:20,984 --> 01:52:23,611        Plus with all them clowns                in the White House,         2356 01:52:23,653 --> 01:52:26,114        they'll keep you laughing                 for years to come.         2357 01:52:26,156 --> 01:52:28,742       [woman] Right on! All right.             All right, All right.        2358 01:52:28,783 --> 01:52:33,997                                     293912

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