Activist Dick Gregory takes part in rally against Sudan in Washington, DC

Civil rights activist Dick Gregory makes remarks as Rep. Jim Moran (D-VA), (L), and Martin Luther King III (R) listen as they attend a protest rally by a number of organizations in front of the Sudanese Embassy on March 16, 2012 in Washington, DC. Gregory and the demonstrators are calling for more international pressure on the Khartoum government to stop military action against civilians in the new state of South Sudan. UPI/Mike Theiler