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Founder @TheNorthStar & @RealJusticePAC & @FlipTheSenate & @TheActionPAC. Host of @TheBreakdown Podcast. Voice of Social Justice @TJMShow. Husband. Father of 5.

Brooklyn, NY
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    Shaun King‏Verified account @shaunking 19 Aug 2017
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    Because many of you probably only knew Dick Gregory as an older man, I wanted to show you these young images. Rest in power good sir.pic.twitter.com/ZayInokcaJ

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      1. MargreetAnceaux  🇺🇳 🇪🇺 🇳🇱‏ @MargreetAnceaux 19 Aug 2017
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        Here he's w Marlon Brando in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 1976, demanding publicity for prosecution of the American Indian Movement.pic.twitter.com/vb09fDv6Vi

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      1. THINK ABOUT IT™ 🤔US‏ @korn2005 19 Aug 2017
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        RIP Photo taken 2015pic.twitter.com/WusdW8k4zw

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      2. THINK ABOUT IT™ 🤔US‏ @korn2005 20 Aug 2017
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        Didn't he made gist own cookies too and isn't there a store in SF -CA?

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      1. Parting Ways Cemetery  🇺🇸‏ @partingwaysmass 19 Aug 2017
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        Here he is in 1976 Plymouth MA during excavation work @partingwaysmass #BlackHistory #AmericanRevolutionpic.twitter.com/3OA0TaAkzf

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      1. Vince 22‏ @VinceGagliardi 19 Aug 2017
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        He probably died of a broken heart seeing what is happening in society today. RIP Dick Gregory

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      1. Julia‏ @juliacforbes 19 Aug 2017
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        I knew his children and they are beautiful people. They will carry on his legacy.

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      1. Ray B‏ @Ray_ThaButcher 19 Aug 2017
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        The movement lost a powerful voice. RIP @IAmDickGregory

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      1. The Real T‏ @TonyDertouzos 19 Aug 2017
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        May his memory be eternal.

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      1. G. MOORE‏ @geraldmoore_jr 19 Aug 2017
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        Thank you for sharing. Powerful images

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      1. Black Slave Master‏ @blk_slv_master 19 Aug 2017
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        Many don't know he ran for president, before Jessie Jackson.

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      1. Floyd Elliot‏ @FloydElliot 19 Aug 2017
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        What a good brilliant man.

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      1. sue adler‏ @suehallie 19 Aug 2017
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        Love and respect. A seminal trailblazing activist.

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      1. Sharon Hogue‏ @go4sharon 19 Aug 2017
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        Wow. What a LIFE. Extraordinary man. Rest In Peace.

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      1. Parting Ways Cemetery  🇺🇸‏ @partingwaysmass 19 Aug 2017
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        Summer 1976 w/ local kids #Archaeology #BlackHistory @partingwaysmasspic.twitter.com/CqmjdUYufe

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      1. Lauri T.‏ @laurirose 19 Aug 2017
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        "I am really enjoying the new MLK Jr stamp - just think abt all those white bigots, licking the backside of a black man.- Dick Gregory #RIP

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      1. Faith M. Jackson‏ @kissedbythesun 19 Aug 2017
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        Nope, I met Mr. Gregory as a little girl! Mr. Amazing!

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      1. Barbara Cooper  ♠️‏ @socal_paralegal 19 Aug 2017
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        Barbara Cooper  ♠️ Retweeted Shaun King

        R.I.P.https://twitter.com/ShaunKing/status/899090716017778688 …

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        Shaun KingVerified account @shaunking
        Because many of you probably only knew Dick Gregory as an older man, I wanted to show you these young images. Rest in power good sir. pic.twitter.com/ZayInokcaJ
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      1. WiNoJoE‏ @EWinojoe1955 19 Aug 2017
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        A hell of a good man, the world is a poorer place with his death. We need a memorial for him instead of all the Johnnie Rebs.

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      1. Ms. Rogers' ENDGAME Neighborhood  🐐 ✒️ 🗡️‏ @TheWriteSteph 19 Aug 2017
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        Man, he aged like a fine wine...but he had a good start on him, too!

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