Tag Archives: Dick Gregory

Cultural Events at North Central College: A Personal History

Posted on April 13, 2016 by Richard Guzman

This is the LEAD POST in a series on major conferences and individual speakers I helped bring to my college as the head of, first, The Visiting Lecturer Committee, which then grew to become the Cultural Events Committee.  I’m posting … Continue reading →

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Dick Gregory: Comedy and Social Change

Posted on May 11, 2012 by Richard Guzman

Besides being one of the funniest men in the history of American comedy, DICK GREGORY (1932-2017) has been a groundbreaking black writer and an activist in Civil Rights, in politics, and in food and health issues.  An activist vegetarian, he … Continue reading →

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