Gregory, an ardent opponent of the war in Vietnam and championed numerous other progressive causes; ran an unsuccessful campaign for Mayor of Chicago against notorious political boss, Richard Daley, in 1967.
In 1968, Dick Gregory again tried his hand at politics, this time as the Presidential nominee for the Freedom & Peace Party, a splinter group from the Peace & Freedom Party, a party that emerged out of the civil rights and anti-war movements.
In 1968, Dick Gregory again tried his hand at politics, this time as the Presidential nominee for the Freedom & Peace Party, a splinter group from the Peace & Freedom Party, a party that emerged out of the civil rights and anti-war movements.