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Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee in “Anna Lucasta” c. 1946. by Everett. They married in 1948 and remained together for 57 years.

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Judy Pace in Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970)

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Alan Alda in Purlie Victorious/Gone Are The Days! (1963)

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Ruby Dee, October 27, 1924 - June 11, 2014.

With Ossie Davis in a 1961 stage production of his Purlie Victorious.

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View of Ruby Dee, Ossie Davis and their children, Guy Davis and Nora Davis. Typed on back: "Ruby Dee and her family. Guy Davis, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee Davis, Nora Davis. Photographed in the Music and Drama Department of the Detroit Public Library, August 1966 by Lester Sloan. This is a proof (not a finished print)."

E. Azalia Hackley Collection of African Americans in the Performing Arts, Detroit Public Library

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do the right thing (1989)

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Grump Magazine

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Today In History

Ossie Davis was born in Cogdell, GA, on this date December 18, 1917. The highly successful writer, director, actor, and producer established a phenomenal career, remaining throughout a strong voice for artists’ rights, human dignity, and social justice.

Mr. Davis made his Broadway debut in 1946 in Jeb, where he met his wife and fellow actress, Ruby Dee. He went on to perform in many Broadway productions, including Anna Lucasta, The Wisteria Trees, Green Pastures, Jamaica, Ballad for Bimshire, A Raisin in the Sun, The Zulu and the Zayda, and the stage version of I’m Not Rappaport. In 1961, he wrote and starred in the critically acclaimed Purlie Victorious.

Ossie Davis was a leading activist in the civil rights era of the 1960s. He joined Martin Luther King, Jr., in the crusade for jobs and freedom and to help raise money for the Freedom Riders. He eulogized both Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X at their funerals and remained an activist throughout his life.

He received innumerable honors including the Hall of Fame Award for Outstanding Artistic Achievement in 1989; the U.S. National Medal for the Arts in 1995; the New York Urban League Frederick Douglas Award; NAACP Image Award; and the Screen Actor’s Guild Lifetime Achievement Award in 2001. Ossie Davis enjoyed a long and luminous career in entertainment along with his wife and fellow performer, stage and screen collaborator, and political activist, Ruby Dee.

CARTER™ Magazine

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I hope you’re spending the day with Ossie Davis and his commanding voice on #TCM for #SummerUnderTheStars

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AVENGING ANGEL (1985)

Director: Robert Vincent O'Neil Cinematography: Peter Lyons Collister

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Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis.