was making $10,000 a week and he gave all that up to march with martin luther king. - dick gregory has been dubbed the father of black political comedy. - and moms mabley was the mother of black female comedians. - he said, "where will you find another man like me?" i said, "in the graveyard." (audience laughing) - she was one of the first black female comics ever, the harriet tubman of comedy. - when she got off that stage, she would transform into her real truth, which was wearing a zoot suit and having two women on her arm. - we have to understand who moms mabley was. she was a gay, black woman. - nobody knew that at the time because she couldn't be out. no one was out. - redd foxx and moms mabley both toiled for decades on the chitlin' circuit. - redd was back in the day when nat king cole, lena horne, harry bellafonte could play in vegas, but they couldn't stay in the hotel. dorothy dandridge had to go through the servants' entrance