Table of Contents
- Not Poor, Just Broke
- "...and they didn't even have what i wanted."
- One Less Door
The book contains photographs of Gregory performing at the Village Gate; him and his brother (1942); his mother, Lucille; Gregory as a drummer at Southern Illinois University (1953); as an SIU sprinter and Outstanding Athlete of the Year (1953); with coach Leland Lingle (1954); with Sammy Davis, Jr. at Roberts Show Club, Chicago (1959); in a jail cell in Chicago; performing at the Hungry i, San Francisco (1963, shortly before the murder of Medgar Evars); at a voter registration rally, Greenwood, Mississippi (April 1963), among others.
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