This episode summarizes three events in comedian and political activist, Dick Gregory's life that could have met him with an early demise but he managed to escape it. 

These are the sources I used for this episode, in case you want to take a closer look at Dick Gregory's life.

https://www.upi.com/Archives/1988/10/18/Dick-Gregory-finds-business-dispute-no-laughing-matter/7710593150400/

Cooksey, Gloria. "Dick Gregory." The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives, Thematic Series: The 1960s, edited by William L. O'Neill and Kenneth T. Jackson, Charles Scribner's Sons, 2003. Gale In Context: Biography, link.gale.com/apps/doc/K3436600217/BIC?u=plcmc_main&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=632836a6. Accessed 11 Feb. 2022.

Bracey, John H., Jr. "Black Chicago: Reflections on Art and Politics During the Era of Civil Rights and Black Liberation." Chicago Review, vol. 62, no. 4, summer-fall 2019, pp. 166+. Gale In Context: Biography, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A599442531/BIC?u=plcmc_main&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=b6018fe1. Accessed 11 Feb. 2022.

https://theculturetrip.com/north-america/usa/articles/how-did-hugh-hefner-break-the-color-barrier-at-chicagos-playboy-club/