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&nbsp; High School: <a href="/edu/149/000107825/">Sumner High School, St. Louis, MO</a><br>&nbsp; &nbsp; University: <a href="/edu/795/000068591/">Southern Illinois University (dropped out)</a><br><p>&nbsp; &nbsp; <a href="/org/725/000041602/">Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee</a> <br>&nbsp; &nbsp; <a href="/org/332/000104020/">Youth International Party</a> <br>&nbsp; &nbsp; <a href="/org/652/000041529/">Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity</a> <br>&nbsp; &nbsp; <a href="/honors/714/000115369/">Thomas Merton Award</a> 1974<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; <a href="/honors/702/000165207/">St. Louis Walk of Fame</a> <br>&nbsp; &nbsp; <a href="/event/206/000101900/">Hunger Strike</a> Tehran, Iran (1980)<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; <a href="/crime/341/000043212/">Civil Disobedience</a> New York City (22-Mar-1999)<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; <a href="/crime/951/000048807/">Trespassing</a> Washington, DC (9-May-2001)<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; <a href="/group/759/000361673/">Assisted by the ACLU</a> <br>&nbsp; &nbsp; Risk Factors: <a href="/lists/794/000180254/">Lymphoma</a>, <a href="/lists/782/000064590/">Vegetarian</a><br> <p> &nbsp; &nbsp; <font size=-2 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR</font><br>&nbsp; &nbsp; <a href="/films/556/000406335/">What Happened, Miss Simone? (22-Jan-2015)</a> &middot; Himself<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; <a href="/films/716/000372597/">When Comedy Went to School (6-Jun-2013)</a> &middot; Himself<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; <a href="/films/132/000263340/">Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel (12-Sep-2009)</a> &middot; Himself<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; <a href="/films/649/000385491/">One Bright Shining Moment (16-Sep-2005)</a> &middot; Himself<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; <a href="/films/746/000032650/">The Hot Chick (2-Dec-2002)</a> &middot; Bathroom Attendant<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; <a href="/films/098/000037984/">Panther (3-May-1995)</a> <br>&nbsp; &nbsp; <a href="/films/142/000260359/">Sweet Love, Bitter (30-Jan-1967)</a> <br>&nbsp; &nbsp; <a href="/films/090/000042961/">The Wrong Box (4-Jul-1966)</a> &middot; Leicester Young Fielding<br><p> <b>Official Website:</b><br><a href="http://www.dickgregory.com/" target=_blank>http://www.dickgregory.com/</a><p> <b>Author of books:</b><br> <i>NIGGER!</i> (<tt>1963</tt>, autobiography)<br><i>From the Back of the Bus</i> (<tt>1964</tt>)<br><i>What's Happening</i> (<tt>1965</tt>)<br><i>The Shadow That Scares Me</i> (<tt>1968</tt>)<br><i>Write Me In</i> (<tt>1968</tt>)<br><i>Callus on My Soul: A Memoir</i> (<tt>2000</tt>, memoir, with Sheila P. 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