Dick Gregory presidential candidacy interview, 1968

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  • čas přidán 17. 05. 2015
  • Dick Gregory, write-in candidate for the Freedom and Peace Party in the 1968 Presidential election, discusses his candidacy and the impact of George Wallace's candidacy on African Americans and the United States.
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Komentáře • 70

  • @mazzb305
    @mazzb305 Před 6 lety +41

    50 years later and nothing has changed 🤦🏾‍♂️

  • @WesHuntermusicman
    @WesHuntermusicman Před 7 lety +17

    Mr. Gregory STILL has MY VOTE today! What a great leader! LOVE AND PEACE BROTHER!

  • @manray10ify
    @manray10ify Před 7 lety +29

    Can you imagine if Dick got in the White House back then, this guy was right on the button, the change in stance America would have had, it would have done America a power of good, got out of Vietnam sooner saved so many lives, he was incedibly articulate, amazing interview.

  • @falloutmanize
    @falloutmanize Před 3 lety +6

    I DEEPLY considered writing in this man's name on the 2020 ballot. Even with him not being here, part of me regrets not doing it.

  • @taviontv2591
    @taviontv2591 Před 6 lety +38

    The 2 Party System is Obsolete!!!!!

    •  Před 5 lety

      why?

    • @cw5894
      @cw5894 Před 4 lety +1

      @Michael Gilmore lol you see the shit the DNC pulled? And the shit in iowa

    • @ColumbiaQT2001
      @ColumbiaQT2001 Před 4 lety

      c w who said the DNC did that?

    • @justinturner4681
      @justinturner4681 Před 3 lety

      Its been since it started. If your vote mattered then you wouldn't be allowed to vote.

    • @ermay3031
      @ermay3031 Před 3 lety +1

      Like blood and crips

  • @ArchieThomas3seesea
    @ArchieThomas3seesea Před 7 lety +5

    Dick G wrote a book called Write Me IN. Pat Paulson was another comedian who ran for president.

  • @haloskater24
    @haloskater24 Před 5 lety +5

    So well spoken

  • @dionmoore2898
    @dionmoore2898 Před 3 lety +2

    👏 #Wow it's amazing how things may seem to have changed. However it has not. What's going on???

  • @pureuncutlakers1010
    @pureuncutlakers1010 Před 8 lety +27

    Wow, a lot of the same issues as today.

    • @pigslave3
      @pigslave3 Před 8 lety +12

      The more things change, the more they stay the same.

    • @barbarawalker5595
      @barbarawalker5595 Před 4 lety

      Nicolas Dane WOW I WAS SAYING THE SAME THING ON April 24, 2020!!!

  • @uv10100
    @uv10100 Před 7 lety +28

    And in 2016 Trump asks African-American folks "what have you got lo lose".. it appears to me that younger people like myself just need to RELEARN the lessons in history, the other persons carefully made us forget.

    • @dalehubert-c9b
      @dalehubert-c9b Před 7 lety +4

      No, younger people like yourself need to first realize how fucking stupid you are. The democratic party is the communist party, and has been since WW2 ended.

    • @ilovebeinagirl
      @ilovebeinagirl Před 7 lety

      "What is past is prologue"

    • @kybelian
      @kybelian Před 4 lety +2

      @@dalehubert-c9b That was dumb when you wrote it and remains dumb today. the Democrats like the Republicans are the Corporate-Fascist Party as in the opposite of Communism

  • @john_carter8243
    @john_carter8243 Před 7 lety +10

    REST IN PEACE!

  • @brycesattler2301
    @brycesattler2301 Před rokem +1

    Amén

  • @viralmonkeymarket101
    @viralmonkeymarket101 Před 8 lety +11

    Wow, "learn somethin' every day."

  • @PlantBasedPirate
    @PlantBasedPirate Před 7 lety +8

    Rest in peace

  • @RickDiezel
    @RickDiezel Před 4 lety +3

    Who watching in quarantine? Lol 😂

  • @12darosenb
    @12darosenb Před 8 lety +2

    Mr. Gregory would conclude his campaign speeches with a quote from the Constitution or some such document. Does anyone remember what he quoted?

  • @InstagramAWrestlingHistorian

    RIP.

  • @Anointed012
    @Anointed012 Před 3 lety +1

    Right.

  • @brett9863
    @brett9863 Před 6 lety +8

    Anyone else notice the fly on the mic?

    • @Caprisassy
      @Caprisassy Před 4 lety +2

      LOL I did

    • @darknebula310
      @darknebula310 Před 3 lety +1

      It's so bizarre to see this comment in November 2020 after the Mike Pence incident 🤣

  • @yoooo6491
    @yoooo6491 Před 4 lety +4

    We missed out

  • @_franchised_
    @_franchised_ Před 5 lety +7

    Should’ve won

  • @sea9994
    @sea9994 Před 2 lety +1

    ❤💙💜

  • @positivek1463
    @positivek1463 Před 4 lety +1

    Peace and Freedom Party :)

  • @lifeofbyrd
    @lifeofbyrd Před 8 lety

    Byrd The Life & Tragic Death Of James Byrd Jr ft.Dick Gregory watch & share on youtube

  • @artistrevolution1016
    @artistrevolution1016 Před 2 lety +1

    Ppl rather choose between less of 2 evils than do a WRITE IN VOTE. That's why we've gone to shits now 😂

  • @missunderstood355
    @missunderstood355 Před 7 lety +6

    Now he's older and mean.

    • @keenanboyd2433
      @keenanboyd2433 Před 4 lety +6

      Because people ask him stupid ass questions

    • @passionfashions3018
      @passionfashions3018 Před 3 lety +2

      @@keenanboyd2433 There is no such thing as a stupid question. That’s mean.

    • @agame1065
      @agame1065 Před 3 měsíci

      And says anything that comes to his mind. A lot of conspiracies and things that ain't true.

  • @hispanicheights3976
    @hispanicheights3976 Před 8 lety +6

    he looks like kendrick lamar

  • @eldo59
    @eldo59 Před 7 lety +5

    He looked like Idris Elba. Almost 50 years later same mess. Too long!

  • @ryanlifematters
    @ryanlifematters Před 5 lety

    JOKES ON CZcams MERRY XMAS