History > USA > Civil rights > Activists

Ruby Dee   1922-2014

Ruby Ann Wallace,

as Ms. Dee was known

when she was born

in Cleveland on Oct. 27, 1922,

grew up in Harlem.

She became

a leading advocate for civil rights,

and lent her voice and presence

to the cause of racial equality

outside show business.

Here, she and Sammy Davis, Jr., center,

attended the Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom

at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington in 1957.

Photograph: George Tames/The New York Times

Ruby Dee, a Ringing Voice for Civil Rights, Onstage and Off, Dies at 91

By BRUCE WEBER        NYT

JUNE 12, 2014

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/13/arts/ruby-dee-actress-dies-at-91.html

Ruby Dee (born Ruby Ann Wallace)    1922-2014

one of the most enduring

actresses of theater and film,

whose public profile

and activist passions made her,

along with her husband,

Ossie Davis,

a leading advocate

for civil rights

both in show business

and in the wider world

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/13/
arts/ruby-dee-actress-dies-at-91.html

http://www.npr.org/series/
4486027/ossie-davis-an-appreciation

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/13/
arts/ruby-dee-actress-dies-at-91.html

http://www.npr.org/2014/06/13/
321668599/remembering-ruby-dee-think-of-me-and-feel-encouraged

http://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2014/06/12/
321364223/ruby-dee-an-actress-who-marched-on-washington-and-onto-the-screen

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2014/06/12/
321359766/actress-ruby-dee-dies-at-91

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=15803385 -
October 31, 2007 12:00 PM ET

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1119605 -
Updated October 28, 2002 12:00 AM ET    Published March 8, 2001 12:00 AM ET

 

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