Dick Gregory
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Emerging from St. Louis, Missouri, his athletic scholarship at Southern Illinois University was interrupted by a draft into the U.S. Army, where he first performed in talent shows and discovered a knack for humor. After discharge he moved to Chicago, joining a new wave of Black comedians and eventually opening the Apex Club before securing a master-of-ceremonies role at the Roberts Show Club; a 19…
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources