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It Was An Unwritten Law That Black Comics Were Not Permitted To Work White Nightclubs. You Could Sing And You Could Dance, But You Couldn't Stand Flat-footed And Talk; That Was A No-no.

-Dick Gregory

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It Was An Unwritten Law That Black

Dick Gregory

It Was An Unwritten Law That Black Comics Were Not Permitted To Work White Nightclubs. You Could Sing And You Could Dance, But You Couldn't Stand Flat-footed And Talk; That Was A No-no.

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