Ruby Dee, by name of Ruby Ann Wallace (born October 27, 1922, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.—died June 11, 2014, New Rochelle, New York), was an American actress and social activist who was known as much for her pioneering work in African American theatre and film as for her outspoken civil rights activism. Dee’s artistic partnership with her husband, Ossie Davis, was considered one of the […]
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