FOR A GENEROUS slice of her long life, there were two places you’d surely find actress Rudy Dee — she was always at center stage in acting and political activism, and she was always in Harlem.
Though born in Ohio, the actress, who died June 11, spent much of her 91 years in the famous Manhattan neighborhood she called home. And while her words and actions reverberated around the globe, her roots were firmly planted in Harlem.
Throughout their careers, Dee and her actor-activist husband, Ossie Davis, “focused evermore on that which was happening in Harlem.”
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