There's a comedian in this story, but it's not funny. Dick Gregory died August 19. We knew he was a civil rights activist and the first black standup comedian to regularly work "white" clubs, and, much later in life, sort of an oddball natural foods guy and god help us even a 9/11 truther. We had no idea, however, that Dick Gregory may have been the one person who did more than anyone else to push the FBI to find the bodies of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner, the three civil rights workers who were murdered by the KKK and law enforcement near Philadelphia, Mississippi, in 1964. Until we read this
That Time In 1964 When Dick Gregory, Peace Be Upon Him, Made The FBI Do Its Damn Job
That Time In 1964 When Dick Gregory, Peace Be…
That Time In 1964 When Dick Gregory, Peace Be Upon Him, Made The FBI Do Its Damn Job
There's a comedian in this story, but it's not funny. Dick Gregory died August 19. We knew he was a civil rights activist and the first black standup comedian to regularly work "white" clubs, and, much later in life, sort of an oddball natural foods guy and god help us even a 9/11 truther. We had no idea, however, that Dick Gregory may have been the one person who did more than anyone else to push the FBI to find the bodies of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner, the three civil rights workers who were murdered by the KKK and law enforcement near Philadelphia, Mississippi, in 1964. Until we read this