Actress and activist Ruby Dee. (Courtesy Photo) NEW YORK (AP) — For Ruby Dee, acting and activism weren’t contradictory things. They were inseparable, and they were intertwined. The African ...

Ruby Dee, an acclaimed actress and civil-rights activist whose career spanned stage, radio television and film, has died at 91, her daughter said.

Ruby Dee was born into a world that had hardly any place for African-American actresses. By the time she died on June 12, ... At New York's Hunter High School and Hunter College, ...

In this Dec. 4, 2004, file photo, husband-and-wife actors, writers and producers Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee arrive at the State Department for a dinner celebrating them and the other Kennedy Center ...

The following article was featured in the March 2008 issue of ESSENCE. When I saw Ruby Dee in A Raisin in the Sun in high school, I remember thinking, Who’s that pretty lady? She’s an amazing ...

NEW YORK (AP) - For Ruby Dee, acting and activism were not contradictory things. They were inseparable and they were intertwined. The African-American actress who earned lead roles in movies and ...

For Ruby Dee, acting and activism weren't contradictory things. They were inseparable, and they were intertwined. June 12, 2014, 3:17 PM EDT / Source : The Associated Press ...