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Life lit by some large vision : selected speeches and writings
- Title
- Life lit by some large vision : selected speeches and writings / Ossie Davis ; with editorial notes and a foreword by Ruby Dee.
- Author
- Davis, Ossie.
- Publication
- New York : Atria Books, 2006.
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- Publisher description
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | PS3507.A7444 A6 2006 | Off-site | |
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- Additional Authors
- Dee, Ruby.
- Description
- xvii, 253 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 23 cm
- Summary
- "Ossie Davis, the celebrated civil rights activist, actor, writer, and director, is remembered for a film, television, and stage career of more than half a century. His awards include an Emmy Award, an NAACP Image Award for his work in the Spike Lee film Do the Right thing, a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Screen Actors Guild, and a Kennedy Center Honor. The last two honors, like so many of his accomplishments, were shared with his wife and partner (in life and in work), Ruby Dee." "Ossie Davis is also revered for his lifelong commitment to those social and political causes about which he was so passionate. Of all the gifts he possessed, perhaps none was greater than his ability to articulate the important issues of the day. He used his brilliant mind and his oratory skills to give voice to his concerns as a black man, an American, and a human being in the world, as well as to the individuals and communities whose concerns he made his own. This book brings together many of the moving speeches, essays, and other writings as an ultimate gift to posterity."--BOOK JACKET.
- ISBN
- 0743289889
- LCCN
- 2006040575
- 9780743289887
- OCLC
- OCM68133217
- SCSB-5278772
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries