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With Ossie and Ruby
Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee are legendary stars of the American stage, television, and film, a beloved and revered couple cherished not just for their acting artistry but also for their lifelong commitment to civil rights, family values, and the black community. Now they look back on a half- century of their personal and political struggles to maintain a healthy marriage and to create the record of distinguished accomplishment that earned each a Presidential Medal for Lifetime Achievement in the Arts. With Ossie and Ruby overflows with consummate storytelling skill developed by decades in the spotlight. From their early years as struggling actors in Harlem's black theater to Broadway and Hollyw...
Life Lit by Some Large Vision
Star actor of stage, film, and television, civil rights activist, screenwriter, and director, Ossie Davis was among the most beloved and respected men in Hollywood and American society as a whole, whose brilliant oratory style was among his most inspiring and celebrated gifts—and all of his written essays, tributes, letters, and more have been collected for this book. This book represents the best of the scores of speeches and talks, written and delivered by the great Ossie Davis. While the sound of his voice will be missed in the reading, his unique gift for expressing himself, articulating his thoughts and his visions are present on every page of this moving collection. Davis had intende...
Purlie
An African American preacher returns to his hometown to open a church, outwitting a segregationist plantation owner to make it happen.
Purlie Victorious
A black preacher returns home to rural Georgia to claim an inheritance and bring down the ruthless plantation owner that he once served. He finds a surprise ally in the plantation owner's son.
Langston, a Play
Poet Langston Hughes visits a church basement where a drama group is rehearsing one of his plays, and uses the actors to recreate scenes from his early life.
Ebony
EBONY is the flagship magazine of Johnson Publishing. Founded in 1945 by John H. Johnson, it still maintains the highest global circulation of any African American-focused magazine.
The Curtain Rises
A biography of the black playwright and actor whose works and performances promoted pride in being black.
Not for Bread Alone
Foner follows his development as an apolitical youth to a visionary whose pragmatism paved the way for legislation guaranteeing hospital workers the right to unionize. 32 photos.
My One Good Nerve
Based on her one-woman show, this book offers a collection of "prose, poetry, and ... memory monologues" that tell of Ruby Dee's life.
Jet
The weekly source of African American political and entertainment news.
