Write me in!

New York: Bantam Books, 1968. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Paperback. Very mild rubbing to spine head and foot, moderate soiling to rear cover, extremely mild wear to corners, light soiling mark to page 117, clipped front cover-top corner, very gentle rubbing to edges, light soiling to fore-edges, else Very Good(-).. Large white duodecimo or small octavo, pocket book, 158 pages, b&w illustrations ; 18 cm. Paperback original. || Dick Gregory attacks the political and social climate in the United States in this comic-serious effort to be effort to be a write-in candidate for President. Contents: I. Why I want to be president : Politicians and statesman -- Only one qualification -- The country and the college -- II. How I want to be president : Political prostitution -- Peace and freedom -- III. This nation is insane : Nonviolence is a fraud -- The double standard -- Racism-black and white -- The tiger and the cricket -- The corrupt American history book -- Try to understand -- Political psychosis -- Riots help the cause -- Who stinks? -- Mental slavery -- Youth power -- IV. Moral fallout : America's genocide -- Tax loopholes -- Whom can you antitrust? -- Will the real crook please stand up? -- The original American -- V. The Gregory report on civil disorders : The changing attitude -- Mental and physical abuse -- The new black man -- The cop and the hunter -- Political agitators and ghetto revolutionaries -- Calculated revolution -- Cancel the flight -- VI. The Gregory accords : An executive order -- Law and order-at home and abroad -- Pulling out -- The United Nations -- Foreign aid -- VII. Life in these United States -- VIII. Crisis in town and country : Creating a work force -- Toward a better environment -- Starvation at home -- IX. The Gregorian court calendar : Concern for the cop -- A fireside chat -- Kids in trouble -- X. Pencil power. African American wit and humor.