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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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Es war ein ungeschriebenes Gesetz, dass schwarze Comics nicht in weißen Nachtclubs arbeiten dürfen. Sie könnten singen und tanzen, aber Sie konnten nicht mit den Füßen stehen und reden. Das war ein Nein.

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