DICK GREGORY: THE LIGHT SIDE, THE DARK SIDE
If you find it difficult to catch this country in her lies; if you’ve found it impossible to grasp what’s comin’ down on campuses and in the streets; if you’re acquainted with Dick Gregory only through the mass media as a candidate for public office or as an insane black “comedian,” and have fallen to their persuasion, here’s your reprieve on all three counts.
DICK GREGORY: THE LIGHT SIDE: THE DARK SIDE
If you find it difficult to catch this country in her lies; if you’ve found it impossible to grasp what’s comin’ down on campuses and in the streets; if you’re acquainted with Dick Gregory only through the mass media as a candidate for public office or as an insane black “comedian,” and have fallen to their persuasion, here’s your reprieve on all three counts.
Dick Gregory has written and spoken and recorded always with the intent of reaching people. He has a balanced grasp of socio-political situations and his manner of expressing our common problem of living together is very unabrasive, simply because he can make you laugh.
Gregory’s latest album is a masterpiece that I’d slide into the blues stack of my collection. Recorded live on March 6, 1969 at Southampton College, Southampton, New York, he was speaking to a racially mixed group of students. The album is entitled, “Dick Gregory: The Light Side: The Dark Side:” and to appreciate the man I would say you’ve got to hear him speak . . .
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