Dick Gregory In His Own Words: Remembering the Pioneering Comedian and Civil Rights Activist | Daily Digest 08/21/2017

Democracy Now! Daily Digest A Daily Independent Global News Hour with Amy Goodman & Juan González Monday, August 21, 2017 democracynow.org Stories Dick Gregory In His Own Words: Remembering the Pioneering Comedian and Civil Rights Activist   In a special broadcast today, we remember legendary comedian and civil rights activist Dick Gregory, who passed away on Saturday in Washington, D.C. at the... Read More → Headlines → Tens of Thousands March Against White Supremacy in Boston & Other U.S. Cities Thousands in Berlin, Vancouver & Quebec City Protest Nazis & Xenophobic Extremists Steve Bannon Leaves White House & Rejoins Right-Wing Website Breitbart Entire President's Committee on Arts & Humanities Resigns, Calls on Trump to Step Down U.S. & South Korea Launch Massive Military Drills on Korean Peninsula Trump to Give Update on U.S. Military Strategy in Afghanistan Tonight U.S.-Backed Iraqi Military Launches Campaign to Seize Tal Afar from ISIS 10 U.S. Navy Sailors Missing After USS John S. McCain Collides with Oil Tanker Philippines: Protests Growing Against Duterte's Bloody Drug War 200 People Die in Mudslide in Democratic Republic of the Congo Pakistan Poised to Pass Law Ensuring Full Rights for Transgender People Hong Kong: 20,000 March to Protest Jailing of Pro-Democracy Student Activists Comedian & Civil Rights Activist Dick Gregory Dies at 84 Total Eclipse Visible Across Continental United States for First Time in 99 Years "We Are Not Afraid": Thousands Take to Streets of Barcelona After Van Attack Kills 14 People After Barcelona, Trump Revives Debunked Myth of Executing Muslims with Bullets Dipped in Pigs' Blood From GOP Senators to Murdochs, Criticism of Trump Grows Trump Praises "Beautiful" Confederate Statues as Protests Escalate In Wake of Charlottesville, ACLU Rethinks Defending Armed Hate Groups Report: U.S.-Led Airstrikes Kill 59 Since Monday in Raqqa Despite Protests from China, U.S. & S. Korea to Stage Massive Joint Military Drill Three Hong Kong Student Pro-Democracy Activists Sentenced to Jail Settlement Reached In Landmark Torture Suit Against Psychologists Racial Gerrymandering Ruled Unconstitutional in Texas KKK Members Who Worked as Prison Guards Convicted of Plotting to Kill Black Prisoner ExxonMobil Escapes Responsibility for Role in Massive Tar Sands Oil Pipeline Spill Solidarity on the Gridiron: White NFL Player Embraces Teammate Giving Black Power Salute NBA Star Kevin Durant on Trump: "I Don't Respect Who's in Office" Resistance Grows in Puerto Rico over Dumping of Toxic Coal Ash Mourners Honor Heather Heyer, Killed by Neo-Nazi in Charlottesville, VA Forward this email → Donate today → Follow WEB EXCLUSIVE The Monuments Must Go: An Open Letter from Great, Great Grandsons of Stonewall Jackson WEB EXCLUSIVE Video: Full Remarks of Heather Heyer's Mother at Charlottesville Memorial Service WEB EXCLUSIVE Part 2 || Antifa: A Look at the Anti-Fascist Movement Confronting White Supremacists in the Streets COLUMN White Supremacy and Trump's Statues of Limitations ACTION ALERT It takes seconds to vote for DN! to get @CREDOmobile donations this month. Please vote today! SPEAKING EVENT 8/21 East Hampton, NY 9/7 New York, NY 9/12 Washington, DC 9/14 Tempe, AZ 207 W 25th St — 11th Floor — New York, NY — 10001 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License