An essay by Roger Rosenblatt on the life of actor/activist Ossie Davis who died on February 5th at the age of 87. A look back at the man who was a central figure among black performers for many ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ossie Davis in Do the Right Thing You know, when I wrote my article on the best Sidney Poitier movies, I knew I would eventually ...

Long before Slave Play, decades before Ain’t No Mo, there was Purlie Victorious, the Ossie Davis comedy masterwork that, like those descendant plays, fused broad comedy, satirical minstrelsy, racial ...

*Late Hollywood icons Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis revealed in their joint autobiography that they had an open marriage and this alternative lifestyle strengthened their bond. We previously reported that ...

This past Monday at the New York Public Library’s Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, the stars of Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through The Cotton Patch celebrated the 75th ...

Ossie Davis And Ruby Dee, Part 2NPR's Tavis Smiley talks with screen and stage legends Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee. In the second part of their conversation, Ossie and Ruby talk about their political ...

MIAMI (AP) - Ossie Davis, the actor distinguished for roles dealing with racial injustice on stage, screen and in real life, has died, an aide said Friday. He was 87. Davis was found dead Friday in ...

Subscribe to The St. Louis American‘s free weekly newsletter for critical stories, community voices, and insights that matter. Sign up Raiford Chatman “Ossie” Davis, the actor, civil rights activist, ...

Tony & Grammy winner Leslie Odom, Jr. will star in a new Broadway production of the classic American comedy Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch by Ossie Davis. Purlie ...

Born into a sharecropping family sometime during the early 1900’s, traveling preacher Purlie Victorious Judson returns to his ...