迪克格雷戈里

星期四, 四月 21, 2011

格雷戈里, 理查德克拉克斯顿 “迪克” (出生, 十月 12, 1932, 圣. 路易斯, 密苏里州), 非洲裔喜剧演员和民权活动家，其社会讽刺改变美国白人认为非洲裔喜剧演员，因为他在公众第一次演出的方式.

迪克格雷戈里进入国家的喜剧场景 1961 当芝加哥的花花公子俱乐部 (作为一个直接从出版商休海夫纳要求) 预订为他更换为白色喜剧演员, “教授” 欧文与Corey. 直到这时格雷戈里曾在小俱乐部大多是黑人观众 (他遇见了他的妻子, 莉莲史密斯, 在一个这样的俱乐部). 这些俱乐部支付喜剧演员平均每晚5美元; 因此，格雷戈里还举行了为期一天的工作作为一个邮政员工. 他的占有权作为克里更换非常成功 - 的表现之一，他赢得了一个多观众，其中包括南部白公约观众 - ，“花花公子”俱乐部为他提供一份续约合同，从几个星期到三年. 通过 1962 格雷戈里已成为闻名全国的标题表演, 出售了夜总会, 使得许多国家在电视上露面, 录音流行的喜剧专辑.

需要注意的是没有传记格雷戈里将是完全不提这一点很重要，他和他心爱的妻子, LIL, 有十个孩子谁已成为国家社会的高度尊重的成员在各个领域的. 他们是: 迈克尔, 林恩, 东区, 保, 萧蔷 (又名Xenobia), 格雷戈里, 基督教, 小姐, Ayanna和Yoha​​nce. 格雷戈里有一个孩子在出生时死亡，但他们有共同的 49 多年的历史时刻, 无私奉献和巨大的个人爱好.

格雷戈里开始于50年代中期的喜剧表演，而在军队中服役.
(看到黑罪的军事). 起草 1954 在出席南伊利诺伊大学卡本代尔在上轨道奖学金, 格雷戈里在他出院后简要地回到了大学 1956, 但离开没有学位，因为他觉得大学 “不想我学, 他们希望我能运行。” 在专业表演喜剧的希望, 他搬到芝加哥, 在那里他成为了新一代的黑色的喜剧演员，包括Nipsey罗素的一部分, 比尔考斯比, 和戈弗雷剑桥. 这些喜剧演员，打破了传统的吟游诗人, 其中提出刻板的黑色字符. 格雷戈里, 其风格是分离, 具有讽刺意味的, 和讽刺, 后来被称为 “黑莫特Sahl” 之后流行的白色社会讽刺作家. 格雷戈里的朋友一直被称为莫特​​位于Sahl为 “白迪克·格雷戈里。” 格雷戈里画时事, 尤其是种族问题, 他的大部分材料: “隔离是并不全是坏事. 你听说过碰撞那里的人们在公共汽车后面受伤了的?”

从幼年起, 格雷戈里证明社会正义的强烈意识. 虽然在圣萨姆纳高中学生. 路易斯，他率领一个三月抗议隔离学校. 后来, 灵感来自于领导者如医生的工作. 马丁路德, 和组织，如学生非暴力协调委员会 (SNCC), 格雷戈里参加了民权运动，并用他的名人身份提请注意一些问题，诸如种族隔离和公民权的剥夺. 当本地密西西比州政府停止在SNCC是鼓励选民登记分发区联邦食品的盈余贫穷的黑人, 格雷戈里包租的一架飞机带来几吨粮食. 他参加了SNCC的选民登记运动和静坐，抗议种族隔离, 最值得注意的是在一家餐厅特许经营权在亚特兰大市中心, 格鲁吉亚. 后来才格雷戈里透露，他在链条持有的股票.

格雷戈里的自传, 黑鬼, 发表在 1963 prior to The assassination of President Kennedy, and became the number one best-selling book in America. 几十年来，它已经售出超过700万册. 他为题的选择是在向前解释, where Dick Gregory wrote a note to his mother. “Whenever you hear the word ‘Nigger’,” 他说：, “you’ll know their advertising my book.”

通过20世纪60年代, Gregory spent more time on social issues and less time on performing. He participated in marches and parades to support a range of causes, including opposition to the Vietnam War, 世界上的饥饿, 和滥用药物. 此外, Gregory fasted in protest more than 60 时, 曾经在伊朗, where he fasted and prayed in an effort to urge the Ayatollah Khomeini to release American embassy staff who had been taken hostage. The Iranian refusal to release the hostages did not decrease the depth of Gregory’s commitment; 他体重只有 97 英镑时，他离开伊朗.

Gregory demonstrated his commitment to confronting the entrenched political powers by opposing Richard J. 戴利在芝加哥 1966 mayoral election. He ran for president in 1968 作为一个写自由与和平的党候选人, a splinter group of the Peace and Freedom Party and received 1.5 万张选票. Democratic candidate Hubert Humphrey lost the election to Republican Richard Nixon by 510,000 票, and many believe Humphrey would have won had Gregory not run. 国王被暗杀后, 总统约翰F. 肯尼迪, and Robert Kennedy, Gregory became increasingly convinced of the existence of political conspiracies. 格雷戈里写如代码名称佐罗的书籍: The Murder of Martin Luther King Jr. (1971) 马克巷, 世界著名作家, attorney and documentary filmmaker, 其研究结果发表在最畅销 1966 book Rush To Judgment Gregory credited with reversing the nation’s opinion on who assassinated the president and the facts which contradicted the official government version contained in the Warren Report. Lane’s book contained answers and facts, 格雷戈里已在众多的讲座中，从那时起直至现在拥护. 巷和格雷戈里已被最好的朋友, co-authors and have lectured together for over 40 年都livein华盛顿. Gregory and Lane’s book on the assassination of Dr. 国王最近发布的另一个标题下, Murder In Memphis, 作为一个商业平装书.

Gregory的积极性一直持续到20世纪90年代. 在公布的指控中央情报局 (中央情报局) 主要是美国黑人在洛杉矶地区提供可卡因, 从而带动了裂纹疫情, Gregory protested at CIA headquarters and was arrested. 在 1992 他开始了一项名为 ?运动人的尊严? 圣犯罪作斗争. 路易斯街区.

在 1973, the year he released his comedy album Caught in the Act, 格雷戈里举家搬迁到普利茅斯, 马萨诸塞州, where he developed an interest in vegetarianism and became a nutritional consultant. 在 1984 他创立了健康企业, 公司, a company that distributed weight loss products. 在 1987 Gregory introduced the Slim-Safe Bahamian Diet, 粉状的饮食结构, 这是极大的盈利. Economic losses caused in part by conflicts with his business partners led to his eviction from his home in 1992. 格雷戈里保持活跃, 然而, 和 1996 返回到舞台上，他广受好评的独角戏, Dick Gregory Live! The reviews of Gregory’s show compared him to the greatest stand-ups in the history of Broadway.

在 1998 Gregory spoke at the celebration of the birthday of Dr. 马丁路德金, Jr的. and President Clinton were in attendance. 不久后，, the President told Gregory’s long-time friend and PR. 顾问, 史蒂夫谢斐, “我爱迪克格雷戈里, he is one of the funniest people on the planet.” They spoke of how Gregory had made a comment on Dr. 国王的生日，打破了大家的笑声, when he noted that the President made Speaker Newt Gingrich ride “在平面的背面,” on an Air Force One trip overseas. 在 2001, Gregory announced to the world that he had been diagnosed with a rare form of Cancer. He refused traditional medical treatment – chemotherapy –and with the assistance of some of the finest minds in alternative medicine, 放在一起的各种饮食疗法, 维生素, 演习, 和现代的设备甚至不为公众所知悉, which ultimately resulted in his reversing the trend of the Cancer to the point where today he is 100% 癌症的.

Gregory’s going public with his diagnosis has helped millions of his fans around the world to understand what Cancer specialists have been trying to explain for decades, 这是 “Cancer is curable.” Gregory was honored recently at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., by a sold out house and a tribute hosted by Bill Cosby, 刘健特殊的贡品. 马丁路德, Stevie Wonder的, 艾萨克海斯, Cicely泰森, 马克巷, Marion Barry and many more.

他的近作, 愈伤组织在我的灵魂, (Longstreet Press, 亚特兰大, 佐治亚州) 这成为周公布内畅销书, is an autobiography that updates his earlier autobiography (黑鬼), because as Dick says, “I’ve lived long enough to need two autobiographies which is fine with me. I’m looking forward to writing the third and fourth volumes as well.”

在 2001, Gregory escaped death once again when a massive tree fell on his car in a storm in Washington D.C. 彻底粉碎它, causing him to have to be extricated from the car by emergency crews. 一名目击者说，, “I knew the driver and his passengers had died when I saw the tree fall.” Gregory said, “我知道，上帝已经为我做更多的工作，当我看到树上掉下. ” He saved his own life by driving into the oncoming lanes of traffic. The word of the accident circulated the globe immediately in the media, underscoring the power, 影响, and support that Gregory has earned from people of all nations.

Doctor’s at George Washington Hospital refused to release Gregory for a few days causing his first-ever “国家国情咨文” to African Americans to be delayed by a month. 格雷戈里了第一 “State of The Union” 地址4月21日从洛杉矶的互联网生活. Now the Internet address is the latest offering on a 3 CD集. 迪克格雷戈里21世纪 “国家联盟”

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