#ossie davis

[haveyouseenthismovie-poll]

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[akonoadham]

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[citizenscreen]

Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee in “Anna Lucasta” c. 1946. by Everett. They married in 1948 and remained together for 57 years.

#ossie davis #ruby dee

[movietonight]

Alan Alda in Purlie Victorious/Gone Are The Days! (1963)

#Alan Alda #Mash #m*a*s*h #Purlie Victorious #Gone Are The Days! #ossie davis #Happy Birthday Mr Alda #There is also a scene where his father picks him up by the collar #macks musings

[cinematicmasterpiece]

do the right thing (1989)

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[cartermagazine]

Today In History

Ossie Davis was born in Cogdell, GA, on this date December 18, 1917. The highly successful writer, director, actor, and producer established a phenomenal career, remaining throughout a strong voice for artists’ rights, human dignity, and social justice.

Mr. Davis made his Broadway debut in 1946 in Jeb, where he met his wife and fellow actress, Ruby Dee. He went on to perform in many Broadway productions, including Anna Lucasta, The Wisteria Trees, Green Pastures, Jamaica, Ballad for Bimshire, A Raisin in the Sun, The Zulu and the Zayda, and the stage version of I’m Not Rappaport. In 1961, he wrote and starred in the critically acclaimed Purlie Victorious.

Ossie Davis was a leading activist in the civil rights era of the 1960s. He joined Martin Luther King, Jr., in the crusade for jobs and freedom and to help raise money for the Freedom Riders. He eulogized both Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X at their funerals and remained an activist throughout his life.

He received innumerable honors including the Hall of Fame Award for Outstanding Artistic Achievement in 1989; the U.S. National Medal for the Arts in 1995; the New York Urban League Frederick Douglas Award; NAACP Image Award; and the Screen Actor’s Guild Lifetime Achievement Award in 2001. Ossie Davis enjoyed a long and luminous career in entertainment along with his wife and fellow performer, stage and screen collaborator, and political activist, Ruby Dee.

CARTER™ Magazine

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[readyforevolution]

#blacktumblr #black history #black liberation #african history #ossie davis

[garadinervi]

[To Aid / Southern States Sit in Movement / Martin Luther King Defense] [An Evening of / Music and Drama / for Freedom Now / Starring in person / Harry Belafonte / Mahalia Jackson / Sidney Poitier / Shelley Winters / (1960 Academy Award Winner) / Diahann Carroll / Production Supervised by / Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee / Freedom Drama written by / Lorraine Hansbury (author of ‘Raisin In The Sun’) – John Killens – George Tabori], New York, NY, 1960 [Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.]

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[cinemachronicles]

Lily’s Movie Challenge (12/370): Do The Right Thing (1989)

#can't even review this film it's just that good #an excellent rewatch for the challenge #spike lee #do the right thing #november 2022 #lmc #danny aiello #ossie davis #ruby dee #richard edson #giancarlo esposito #rosie perez #martin lawrence #bill nunn #john turturro #john savage #samuel l jackson #film #cinema #movie #gifs #my gif

[afrotumble]

Actor Ossie Davis delivers eulogy for Malcolm X at the funeral services for the slain black Nationalist leader in the Faith Temple of God in Christ in New York's Harlem, Feb. 27, 1965. Davis called Malcolm a "brave and gallant young champion." Seated second from left in pew facing open casket is Malcolm's widow, Betty.

(AP PHOTO)AP

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[zippocreed501]

Bubba Ho-Tep (2002)

directed by Don Coscarelli Jr

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[akonoadham]

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[citizenscreen]

The cast of Leo Penn’s A MAN CALLED ADAM (1966): (from back) Mel Torme, Sammy Davis Jr., Ossie Davis, Cicely Tyson, and Louis Armstrong

#sammy davis jr #cicely tyson #ossie davis #mel torme #louis armstrong

[movietonight]

More pictures of Alan Alda in Purlie Victorious

#Alan Alda #purlie victorious #ossie davis #macks musings

[davidhudson]

Ossie Davis, December 18, 1917 – February 4, 2005.

Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing (1989).

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[erstwhile-punk-guerito]

#The Client #Susan Sarandon #Tommy Lee Jones #Mary-Louise Parker #Anthony LaPaglia #Anthony Edwards #Ossie Davis #Joel Schumacher #1994