Actor Playwright Director Social Activist
1917 - 2005
“I find, in being black, a thing of beauty: a joy; a strength; a secret cup of gladness.” -Ossie Davis
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Recommended Watching:
- Malcolm X's Eulogy
- "Louis Armstrong"
- Ossie Davis reading Frederick Douglass
- Interview for The Great Depression
- Living Black Manhood
- Discussion on Motivation
- African American Legends
- University of North Florida Interview
- Family's Experience with the KKK
- Do The Right Thing
- Slaves
- King
- Freedom Road
- School Daze
- Jungle Fever
- Malcolm X
- Lincoln
- The Stand
- 12 Angry Men
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Recommended Reading:
- With Ossie and Ruby by Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee
- Just Like Martin by Ossie Davis
- Escape to Freedom by Ossie Davis
