Friends of Midland at large
Barbara Barksdale and actress Ruby Dee
At left, Barbara Barksdale, president of the Friends of
Midland is pictured with actress Ruby Dee. Photo taken on April 14,
2007 in New Jersey.
Noted African American actress, playwright, activist and
writer Ruby Dee was born in 1924 in Cleveland, but grew up in Harlem.
She acted in Broadway and films, and is famous for her portrayal of Ruth
Younger in Lorraine Hansberry's "A Raisin in the Sun."
With her late husband Ossie Davis, Dee has been
politically active and an unflagging supporter of civil rights. She
has been a close friend of Martin Luther King, Jr., and Malcolm X. She
is a member of CORE, NAACP and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
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