Thursday, June 12, 2014

Quotes on the passing of Ruby Dee

FILE - In this June 29, 2009 file photo, actress Ruby Dee, left, and director Spike Lee attend a special 20th anniversary screening of "Do the Right Thing," in New York. Dee, an acclaimed actor and civil rights activist whose versatile career spanned stage, radio television and film, has died at age 91, according to her daughter. Nora Davis Day told The Associated Press on Thursday, June 12, 2014, that her mother died at home at New Rochelle, New York, on Wednesday night. (AP Photo/Peter Kramer, file) "Ruby Dee was a phenomenally rare artist and a jewel to our nation and community. I was privileged to work on several civil rights cases with her and her husband Ossie Davis. She was as committed to social justice as she was to the screen and stage. She will be greatly missed. " — The Rev. Al Sharpton.








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