Death of Ruby Dee

October 27, 1922 - June 11, 2014
New Rochelle, New York | Age 91

Acclaimed actress and civil rights activist dead at 91
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MARK KENNEDY, The Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — For Ruby Dee, acting and activism weren't contradictory things. They were inseparable, and they were intertwined.

The African-American actress, who earned lead roles in movies and on Broadway, also spent her life fighting against injustice, even emceeing the 1963 March on Washington and protesting apartheid in South Africa.

"We are image makers. Why can't we image makers become peacemakers, too?" she asked after she...

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