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The “Curtain Falls” on Dick Gregory
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
29 Aug 2017
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Comedian and social activist Dick Gregory was targeted for surveillance and disruption by the COINTELPRO. “It’s chilling to note that the FBI regarded Gregory as as a ‘militant Black nationalist,’ and his file was under the name “Black Nationalist Hate Groups,” said said Mumia Abu Jamal, the nation’s best known political prisoner.


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