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 ...

You know, when I wrote my article on the best Sidney Poitier movies, I knew I would eventually get to Ossie Davis (birth name, Raiford Chatman Davis), as how could I not? Besides being featured in ...

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 ...

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MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — Actor Bill Cobbs is ready to tackle one of his toughest roles: filling in for the late Ossie Davis. Cobbs has begun work as Davis’ replacement in the movie “Retirement,” a comedy ...

Ossie Davis, an actor, writer, and director whose dignified bearing and commanding voice made him a force both in the arts and within the civil-rights movement, died in Miami Beach, Fla. He was 87.

*Some years back, Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis revealed in their joint autobiography that at one point during their relationship they agreed to enter into an “open marriage” and the alternative lifestyle ...

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 ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. This past Monday at the New York Public Library’s Schomburg Center for ...

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 ...

Ossie Davis’ children are inspiring a new wave of activists through their father’s legacy. The film, television and Broadway actor, director, poet, playwright and civil rights activist who died in ...