Ruby Dee News

Academy Award-nominated actress Ruby Dee was, by all accounts, an American icon.

Main American actress byname of Ruby Ann Wallace born Oct. 27, 1924, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. American actress and social activist who was known for her pioneering work in African American theatre and film and for her outspoken civil rights activism.

On the Friday before the election, Michael Bloomberg -giddy with joy-announced his endorsement by 15 prominent African Americans.

If you have never seen a production of this play written by Lorraine Hansberry, make a point of seeing it because it is a landmark in the history of black performance and one of the key symbols of the Civil Rights movement.

Actors' Equity Association has announced that Micki Grant, a multi-award winning actor, composer-lyricist and playwright, is the recipient of the 2009 Paul Robeson Award.

"Guiding Light" was one of the first soap operas to feature African-American actors in regular roles.

The longest-running drama in broadcast history is going off the air. On Friday, the soap opera "Guiding Light" will end its 72-year run.

The cast of Guiding Light poses with thousands of scripts in honor of their 15,000th episode in 2006.

It has been more years than I care to think about when I last saw Lorraine Hansberry's groundbreaking play, "A Raisin in the Sun." As I prepared to review it during its current all-too-short run at the Weston Playhouse, I wondered if it stood the test of time and would it move me as much as the first time I saw it.

If you think being green is a new concept, think again. 40 years ago, folksinger and American icon Pete Seeger started the Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, a nonprofit corporation created to preserve and protect the Hudson River and its related bodies of water -- and it didn't take long for the Clearwater concept to travel.

The films of legendary actors and activists Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee will be showcased at a two-day film festival that kicks off today in Harlem.

The films of legendary actors and activists Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee will be showcased at a two-day film festival that kicks off today in Harlem.

Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives June 25, 1964, Vol. IX, No.

'Holy shit!' someone says. The black SUV with tinted windows pulls over near the corner of Stuyvesant and Lexington Avenues, depositing a familiar five-foot-six disruption to this quiet Brooklyn block's space-time continuum.

Chaz Davenport hopes the talents of chanteuse Crystal Labelle will save his nightclub in Dark Streets.

Rated R • WHO: Danny Aiello, Spike Lee, John Turturro, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Giancarlo Esposito, Richard Edson, John Savage, Bill Nunn • THE SCOOP: On the hottest day of summer in Brooklyn, a predominantly black Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood erupts into chaos as long-simmering bigotry take over.

Actress Ruby Dee and director Spike Lee attend a special 20th anniversary screening of "Do the Right Thing", in New York, on Monday.

Spike Lee's 'Do the Right Thing,' which celebrates its 20th anniversary this summer, makes its Blu-ray disc debut on June 30.

Do the Right Thing - 20th Anniversary Edition Rated R, 120 minutes Coming Tuesday to DVD.

When most folks think of the blues, odds are it's either Chicago blues or Texas loud and electric.