Ruby Dee, born Ruby Ann Wallace, actress, playwright, journalist, civil rights activist, passes on into eternity on this day in 2014 at the age of 91. She was the other part of the dynamic duo of Black excellence in performance with Ossie Davis.
On this day in 1964, Nelson Mandela and 9 others—the top echelon of the African National Congress’ armed wing uMkhonto we Sizwe—were sentenced to life in prison for sabotage at the Rivonia Trial.
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