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~ Dick Gregory (Author), Robert Lipsyte (Contributor) "It's a sad and beautiful feeling to walk home slow on Christmas Eve after you've been out hustling all day, shining shoes in the white..." (more)
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Product Details

  • Mass Market Paperback: 224 pages
  • Publisher: Pocket (November 15, 1990)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0671735608
  • ISBN-13: 978-0671735609
  • Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 4.1 x 0.7 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (32 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #171,714 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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It's a sad and beautiful feeling to walk home slow on Christmas Eve after you've been out hustling all day, shining shoes in the white taverns and going to the store for the neighbors and buying and stealing presents from the ten-cent store, and now it's dark and still along the street and your feet feel warm and sweaty inside your tennis sneakers even if the wind finds the holes in your mittens. Read the first page
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22 of 23 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars CUT THE CANCER OUT!, March 26, 2000
By Cole Lee (FL, US) - See all my reviews
I am a 13 year old cacagun male in 7th grade in St. Augustine, FL. This should be required reading for all students in middle school and high school. I recently was denied my freedom of speech when told i couldn't do a book report on this facinating title. I was told it might offened some people. i replyed that if the message of the book was fully understood, it would fail to offend people. I was still denied. Don't let the title of this book stiffle the message. ".....when a man calls me a nigger, he is is calling me something i am not. The nigger exists only in his mind, therfore he's the nigger. I feel sorry for such a man." -Gregory. Nigger is just a word that people give power, if we stop giving this word power, it won't hurt anyone. Read this book.
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25 of 28 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Niggers Come In All Colors, December 16, 2000
This review is from: Nigger (Library Binding)
Dick Gregory's autobiography is a book you will finish in one night because you won't put it down! You will also find yourself re-reading most of it for the remainder of your life. But "Nigger" is just the start of something much bigger. Gregory became arguably the greatest man who has ever lived. Tune into his website ... in conjunction with ordering and reading some of his books available from amazon.com. Mr. Gregory made a lot of mistakes during his childhood and as a young adult, but he found something inside himself that helped to change the world. Junior high school is a perfect time to begin reading this book. "Nigger" is funny and provocative. Gregory uses humor to get his message across in a one of a kind way. It should be required reading for ALL junior high and high schools.
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30 of 35 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars A strong memoir, a weak ending, August 5, 2001
By Daniel Mackler (www.iraresoul.com) - See all my reviews
A strong memior, lots of touching and interesting detail about his life growing up, his constant struggle to overcome adversity. I totally empathized with his hustling and lying at points to get ahead in a world so poised against him. the main thing I liked about the book was his VERY HUMAN side, his compassion for himself, his pain he suffered at being poor, mostly fatherless, black, dirty, hungry, uneducated. I loved it that he could cry, he could keep his humanity despite the world's cruelty...and not just keep it and feel it, but write about it later.

Weak point: the ending petered out. It went from being a man's internal struggle to "make it" in the world - the place in which I found the book's power lay - to being just another typical civil rights journal. And although I think the civil rights movement has its place, and Dick Gregory his place within it, I think I would have found the book far more satisfying it ended by its author turning further inward and exploring his own motives on his own purely personal journey, rather than outward to the struggle of society. Perhaps he wasn't ready to write on this level when he published his memoir, as he was only 30 or 31 when he wrote it, but to me his lack of wisdom still doesn't let the book off the hook.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Love the book....HATE the title, but I understood his stupid reason
The book is funny, informative and true to it's time. But, I hate the Title, and his reason for naming it that was, to me, childish defiance. But, the book is still good.
Published 1 month ago by Jacqueline M. Raines

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Read for All Ages
Dick Gregory's book was a compelling story about his life up until he made it. His life was not an easy but, he never gave up on his dreams. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Maisha Chargois

5.0 out of 5 stars A Gregorian Chant
Reading Mr. Gregory's memoir of his first 31 years of life (1932-1963) was like being hit between the eyes with a two-by-four. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Franklin the Mouse

4.0 out of 5 stars Who really paved the way for african-american comedy?
I'm sure a large number of comedians, including bill cosby paved the way for african american comedy, but Dick Gregory was probably the first to gain recognition for racial jokes... Read more
Published 9 months ago by Kawika

5.0 out of 5 stars A must read 4 Everyone!
This book can be read on many levels. A frank personal confession and introspection, clever allegories that teach life lessons within one man's journey, and a critical indictment... Read more
Published 11 months ago by Miguel Delgadillo

5.0 out of 5 stars Nigger
Nigger by Dick Gregory *****

Nigger is one of the most uplifting and positive books I have ever read. It is the story of Dick Gregory's life. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Morton

5.0 out of 5 stars just in time
I LOOKED ALL OVER FOR THIS BOOK AND YOU WERE ONLY ONE THAT HAD IT. THANKS



TERI ANN GARCIA
Published 16 months ago by Teri Ann Garcia

5.0 out of 5 stars "Nigger" stayed on my mind in such a postive way
I was attending a prodimently white Junior High School in Brooklyn, NY, at the age of 11 yrs. when our English requested our standard essay. Read more
Published 19 months ago by Brenda Rogers

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the finest autobiographies of the 20th century
Dick Gregory was a track star, first class entertainer and civil rights supporter. But before each of those, he was a black man. Read more
Published 19 months ago by L. Bravim

5.0 out of 5 stars Good Read
I'm uncomfortable with the title, but the book is insightful and moving. If you did not grow up black and poor, you need to read this classic by Dick Gregory. Read more
Published 20 months ago by J. A. Burrus

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