Ossie Davis (1917–2005)

Author of Just Like Martin

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About the Author

Includes the name: Ozzie Davis

Image credit: Ossie Davis, as Gabriel in The Green Pastures, photo by Carl Van Vechten, April 12, 1951 (Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Carl Van Vechten Collection, Digital ID: van 5a51884)

Works by Ossie Davis

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Just Like Martin (1992) 239 copies

Escape To Freedom: A Play About Young Frederick Douglass (Puffin books) (1900) 188 copies

With Ossie and Ruby: In This Life Together (1998) 82 copies

Purlie Victorious: A Comedy in Three Acts (1961) 29 copies

Life Lit by Some Large Vision: Selected Speeches and Writings (2006) 22 copies

Finding Buck McHenry (2004) 19 copies

Purlie: A musical based on the play Purlie Victorious (French's musical library) (1970) 8 copies

Langston, a play (1982) 6 copies

Cotton Comes to Harlem [1970 film] (2001) 5 copies

The People of Clarendon County (2007) 3 copies

Purlie 1 copy

We Shall Not Be Moved [DVD] 1 copy

Purple Victorious 1 copy

Black girl 🎥 1 copy

With Ossie and Ruby: In This Life Together 1 copy

A Vow to Cherish 1 copy

AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MALCOM X 1 copy

History Makers/Collector's Set 1 copy

Action-Packed Double Feature: Gordon’s War [and] Off Limits (2011) — Director — 1 copy

langston hughes: simple stories LP 1 copy

J.C. Leyendecker The great American illustrator dvd (2002) 1 copy

We shall not be moved (2002) 1 copy

Jacob Lawrence: The Glory of Expression (VHS) 1 copy

An Evening with Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee [videorecording] (2002) 1 copy

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Associated Works

The Autobiography of Malcolm X (1965) — Post-script, some editions — 9,837 copies

A Raisin in the Sun (1959) — Reader, some editions — 5,535 copies

Every Tongue Got to Confess: Negro Folk-Tales from the Gulf States (2001) — Narrator, some editions — 371 copies

Dinosaur [2000 film] (2000) — Actor — 277 copies

Bubba Ho-Tep [2002 film] (2002) — Actor — 186 copies

The Stand [1994 TV series] (1995) 179 copies

Grumpy Old Men [1993 film] (1993) 160 copies

Do the Right Thing [1989 film] (1989) — Actor — 149 copies

Dr. Dolittle [1998 film] (1998) — Actor — 118 copies

Baseball [1994 TV series] (1994) — Narrator — 95 copies

The Legend of the Candy Cane [2001 TV Movie] (2001) — Actor — 69 copies

JUMP UP AND SAY: A Collection of Black Storytelling (1995) — Introduction — 48 copies

A Vow to Cherish [1999 TV Movie] (1999) — Actor — 43 copies

Thomas Jefferson [1997 TV mini series] (1997) — Narrator — 41 copies

We charge genocide;: The historic petition to the United Nations for relief from a crime of the United States… (1970) — Preface, some editions — 34 copies

Harlem U.S.A. (1964) — Contributor — 30 copies

School Daze [1988 film] (2004) — Actor — 28 copies

Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years [2001 TV mini series] (2001) — Narrator — 20 copies

Not for Bread Alone: A Memoir (2002) — Foreword, some editions — 19 copies

Alex Haley's Queen [1993 TV mini series] (2008) — Actor — 14 copies

12 Angry Men [1997 TV movie] (2000) 13 copies

Christianity: The Second Thousand Years [2001 TV mini series] (2000) — Narrator — 9 copies

The Feast of All Saints [2001 film] (2003) — Actor — 8 copies

The Caedmon Short Story Collection (2001) — Contributor — 8 copies

Get on the Bus [1996 film] (2005) 5 copies

Avenging Angel [1985 Film] (1985) — Actor — 4 copies

King: The Martin Luther King Story [1978 TV miniseries] (1978) — Actor — 3 copies

Let's Do It Again [1975 film] (1975) 3 copies

The Secret Path aka Chasing Secrets [1999 TV Movie] (1999) — Actor — 2 copies

Freedomways: A Quarterly Review of the Negro Freedom Movement (7.1 Winter 1967) 1 copy

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Birthdate: 1917-12-18
Date of death: 2005-02-04
Gender: male
Nationality: USA
Education: Brown, Sterling Allen (professor)
Occupations: actor
Relationships: Dee, Ruby (wife)
Awards and honors: National Medal of Arts (1995)
Kennedy Center Honors (2004)

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