Birmingham, Alabama - May 20, 1963

He might have chosen to stay home and protect his lucrative career as a nationally acclaimed

comedian, but Dick Gregory was ready to go to jail in Birmingham, Alabama. May 6, 1963,

marked the day more nonviolent civil rights protestors were arrested than any other day in

American history. As demonstrators took on a city with a reputation as "the Bastille of

segregation."

Gregory flew in from Chicago to help. He led th...