The first Black playwright to stage a play on Broadway has roots in the Port City. And a theater group that started in his ...

Ossie Davis was born in 1917 in Codgell, Georgia. Against the advice of his mentor, the pivotal Harlem Renaissance figure Alain Locke, Davis dropped out of Howard University in 1939 to pursue acting.

Other speakers that year included Art Buchwald and Dr. Sidney Hook, as well as Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis. WHYY News obtained a copy of an old program from Cheltenham resident Donald Scott. The program ...

Freedom Never Dies: The Legacy of Harry T. Moore airs on PBS stations nationwide on Friday, January 12, 2001 (check local listings) Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee narrate. Sweet Honey In The Rock and ...