found: His From the back of the bus, 1962.
found: Info. converted from 678, 2012-10-02(b. 1932)
found: The essential Dick Gregory, 2022:title page (Dick Gregory)
found: African American National Biography, accessed via The Oxford African American Studies Center online database, July 27, 2014:(Gregory, Dick; Richard Claxton Gregory; comedian, civil rights activist, essayist, nutritionist; born 12 Oct. 1932 in St. Louis, Missouri, United States; dropped out from Southern Illinois University, was drafted into the army; after leaving the army, moved to Chicago, worked as master of ceremonies at a nightclub and within three years was considered one of the funniest comedians; in 1964 flew to Moscow to protest the treatment of black soldiers; in 1967 ran unsuccessfully for mayor of Chicago (1967) and for president of the United States (1968); hosted his own radio show in Washington, D.C.; in 2000 he was honored at the Kennedy Center and was inducted into Southern Illinois University's Athletic Hall of Fame)
found: New York times WWW site, viewed Aug. 21, 2017(in obituary published Aug. 19: Dick Gregory; b. Richard Claxton Gregory, Oct. 12, 1932, St. Louis; d. Saturday [Aug. 19, 2017], Washington, aged 84; pioneering satirist who transformed cool humor into a barbed force for civil rights in the 1960s, then veered from his craft for a life devoted to protest and fasting in the name of assorted social causes, health regimens, and conspiracy theories)