Ossie Davis, actor, writer, director, civil rights champion died and a wonderful person.
Davis' mother and father never learned to read, raised the children with colorful stories. Quoting Davis, "They took life and broke it in little pieces and fed it to us like little birds".
This is what I am trying to do with my stories and commentary for myself and for you the readers of this blog.
I salute the life of Ossie Davis and the continuing life of his equally great wife of 57 years, actress extraordinaire and civil rights champion, Ruby Dee. Note: I still see in my minds eye, Ruby Dee starring in the 1972 Public Television production of the Lorraine Hansberry's "To Be Young, Gifted and Black", one of my all time favorite plays.
I encourage you to listen to the 4 minutes 30 second segment on Ossie Davis' life on All Things Considered on the National Public Radio's Web Site, February 4, 2005: Ossie Davis, actor, writer, director, civil rights champion died.
Rhb
10:55:03 PM 
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