Gladys Knight had gun pulled on her
Gladys Knight was threatened at gunpoint by a racist. The 77-year-old singer refused to sit back when a petrol attendant refused to fill up her car because of the colour of her skin, but when she spoke up against him, he pulled out a weapon. She told Britain’s OK! Magazine: “The bravest thing I’ve ever done [was] early in my career, when I was travelling on the road with the Pips, we stopped at a gas station and the man behind the counter refused to fill our car, even though we’d paid upfront, because I was black. “I was very outspoken in those days and started to argue with him, and he pulled...