NPR's Tavis Smiley talks with screen and stage legends Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee. In the second part of their conversation, Ossie and Ruby talk about their political activism, their sturdy 55-year ...

Accredited actors Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee share their adoration for poet and activist Langston Hughes. The couple then goes on to give advice to the Black community specifically, Black women and ...

Film and stage actor Ossie Davis was found dead Friday in his Miami hotel room. Davis, the husband and partner of actress Ruby Dee, was 87. Davis was in Florida where he had just started making ...

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Exclusive: Hasna Muhammad, Daughter of Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee, Reflects on the Women of PURLIE VICTORIOUS . Purlie Victorious will play its final performance on February 4, 2024.

Ruby Dee Reflects on Stages of Her Life. Actor's Art Imitates Her Rich Experiences. June 20, 2001. By Natalie Hopkinson "It was totally just crazy stuff," actress Ruby Dee says, describing the ...

Despite the often fleeting nature of celebrity romances, several Hollywood couples have demonstrated that enduring love is possible. Esteemed pairs such as Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward, Ossie Davis ...

Leslie Odom Jr. and Kara Young, who play the roles that Davis and Dee originated in the current revival of Ossie Davis’ critically acclaimed play, read love letters from the couple’s archive ...

Ossie Davis’s satirical play “Purlie Victorious” opened at the Cort Theater in September 1961 with Davis as the charismatic preacher Purlie Victorious Judson and Ruby Dee, his artistic ...

The Huffington Post reports that thanks to donations from fans, Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee may have a documentary chronicling their lives soon. Promoting the project — called Life's Essentials ...

Raiford Chatman “Ossie” Davis, the actor, civil rights activist, writer, producer and director who carved out a career as one of the most distinguished actors and public figures of the 20th ...

The following article was originally featured in the October 2005 issue of ESSENCE Magazine. I have adored and admired Ruby Dee for decades and felt passionate about beginning my new monthly ...