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Purlie Victorious: A Comedy in Three Acts

By Ossie Davis

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Paperback:

9780573614354 | Samuel French Inc Plays, June 1, 1961, cover price $3.50

Langston: A Play

Poet Langston Hughes visits a church basement where a drama group is rehearsing one of his plays, and uses the actors to recreate scenes from his early life.

By Ossie Davis

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Paperback:

9780385285438 | Doubleday, November 1, 1982, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: Captures the spirit of the young Langston Hughes, who went against his parents' wishes in order to take up poetry and abandoned his father's wealth to move on to his true career

Tshindao: Other African Folk Tales

By Ossie Davis (contributor) and Ruby Dee

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Cassette/Spoken Word:

9780898454710 | Caedmon Audio Cassette, August 1, 1984, cover price $12.00

Why Mosquitos Buzz in People's Ears

By Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee (contributor)

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Cassette/Spoken Word:

9780694511877 | Caedmon Audio Cassette, August 1, 1984, cover price $11.00

The Esquire Readings

Product Description: Book by Cain, James M., Davis, Ossie

By James M. Cain, Ossie Davis and Sam Waterston (contributor)

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Cassette/Spoken Word:

9780945353171 | Pub Group West, October 1, 1988, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: Book by Cain, James M.

The Esquire Readings: 21 Complete Stories/Audio Cassettes

By Ed Asner, Len Cariou, Ossie Davis and Julie Harris

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Hardcover:

9780945353461 | audio cassette edition (Audio Partners, November 1, 1989), cover price $29.95

Escape to Freedom: A Play About Young Frederick Douglass

Shows how former slave Frederick Douglass' proud determination enabled him to achieve many triumphs including becoming the first Black man to hold a diplomatic office

By Ossie Davis

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Paperback:

9780140343557 | Puffin, January 1, 1990, cover price $5.99 | About this edition: Born a slave, young Frederick Douglass endures many years of cruelty before escaping to the North to claim his freedom.

Prebinding:

9780833546487 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $14.75 | About this edition: Born a slave, young Frederick Douglass endures many years of cruelty before escaping to the North to claim his freedom.

Purlie Victorious: A Commemorative

A black preacher returns home to rural Georgia to claim an inheritance and plot revenge on the ruthless plantation owner he once served.

By Ossie Davis

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Hardcover:

9780963841605 | Emmalyn II Prod Co Inc, December 1, 1993, cover price $45.00 | About this edition: A black preacher returns home to rural Georgia to claim an inheritance and plot revenge on the ruthless plantation owner he once served.

Paperback:

9780963841612 | Emmalyn II Prod Co Inc, December 1, 1993, cover price $18.00

Jump Up and Say!: A Collection of Black Storytelling

A collection celebrating the rich heritage of African-American storytelling from around the world includes folklore, stories, fables, songs, and poems by such writers as Maya Angelou and James Baldwin, along with lesser-known artists. Original. 25,000 first printing.

By Ossie Davis (introduced by), Clay Goss and Linda Goss (editor)

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9780684810010 | Touchstone Books, November 1, 1995, cover price $13.00 | About this edition: A collection celebrating the rich heritage of Afican American storytelling from around the world includes folklore, stories, fables, songs, and poems by such writers as Maya Angelou and James Baldwin

Great American Writers: 21 Unabridged Stories

By Ed Asner (narrator), Len Cariou (narrator), Raymond Carver, Ossie Davis (narrator), Julie Harris (narrator) and Sam Waterston (narrator)

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Cassette/Spoken Word:

9781572700215 | Unabridged edition (Audio Partners, October 1, 1996), cover price $24.95

My One Good Nerve

Product Description: ""My One Good Nerve"" is an exuberant collection of writings in the down-home tradition by that incomparable icon of the human spirit, Ruby Dee. Married for 50 years to fellow actor Ossie Davis, Dee has led an astonishingly full life...read more

By Ossie Davis (introduced by)

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9781620457788 | Turner Pub Co, October 26, 1998, cover price $26.95 | About this edition: ""My One Good Nerve"" is an exuberant collection of writings in the down-home tradition by that incomparable icon of the human spirit, Ruby Dee.

Paperback:

9781620456941 | Reissue edition (Turner Pub Co, October 26, 1998), cover price $22.95 | About this edition: ""My One Good Nerve"" is an exuberant collection of writings in the down-home tradition by that incomparable icon of the human spirit, Ruby Dee.

With Ossie and Ruby: In This Life Together

Product Description: Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee met in 1945, when they were both performing in the same play on Broadway; Davis, resuming an acting career that had been interrupted by a World War II tour of duty in Liberia, was cast as the male lead, while Dee was originally hired as understudy to the female lead and soon found herself taking over the part...read more

By Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee

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Hardcover:

9780688153960 | William Morrow & Co, November 1, 1998, cover price $25.00 | About this edition: The actors describe their fifty years together, their successes in film and theater, and the challenges of being African American performers

Paperback:

9780688175825 | Harpercollins, February 1, 2000, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: The actors describe their fifty years together, their successes in film and theater, and the challenges of being African American performers.

CD/Spoken Word:

9781594833359, titled "With Ossie & Ruby: In This Life Together" | Abridged edition (Hachette Audio, February 1, 2006), cover price $29.98 | About this edition: Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee met in 1945, when they were both performing in the same play on Broadway; Davis, resuming an acting career that had been interrupted by a World War II tour of duty in Liberia, was cast as the male lead, while Dee was originally hired as understudy to the female lead and soon found herself taking over the part.

The Complete Shakespeare Sonnets

By Jane Alexander (narrator), Lindsay Crouse (narrator), Ossie Davis (narrator), Ruby Dee (narrator), Alfred Molina (narrator), Tony Randall (narrator), Patrick Stewart (narrator), Kathleen Turner (narrator) and Eli Wallach (narrator)

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Cassette/Spoken Word:

9781885608208 | Unabridged edition (Airplay Inc, November 1, 1999), cover price $20.00

Lorraine Hansberry Collection

Contains the playwright's most powerful works--A Raisin in the Sun and To Be Young, Gifted, and Black--as well as a rare recording of her discussing her work and philosophy, the theater, the black experience, and the challenge of the artist in mid-20th-century America. Performed by by a full cast including James Earl Jones, Ruby Dee, and Ossie Davis.

By Ossie Davis (editor), Ruby Dee (editor), Lorraine Hansberry and James Earl Jones (editor)

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9780694525065 | Abridged edition (Harperaudio, February 1, 2001), cover price $25.00 | About this edition: Includes 'A Raisin in the Sun' and 'To Be Young, Gifted, and Black' as well as the playwright's own reflections on her work.

Every Tongue Got to Confess: Negro Folk Tales of the Gulf States

Recently discovered, this first new book to be published by the master of African-American folklore in more than fifty years features an abundance of folktales about love, slavery, faith, family, race, and community, collected in the late 1920s, that represent a large part of the author's literary legacy and detail African-American life in the rural South.

By Ossie Davis (narrator), Ruby Dee (narrator), Zora Neale Hurston, Carla Kaplan (editor) and John Edgar Wideman (introduced by)

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Cassette/Spoken Word:

9780694526451 | Unabridged edition (Harperaudio, December 1, 2001), cover price $34.95 | About this edition: A book of folktales about love, slavery, faith, family, race, and community, collected in the late 1920s, represents a large part of the author's literary legacy and details African American life in the rural South.

Not for Bread Alone: A Memoir

Presents an autobiography by a leading player in 1199/SEIU, New York's Health and Human Service Union, and a key strategist in the union's fight for recognition and higher wages for thousands of low-paid hospital workers. (view table of contents)

By Ossie Davis (foreword by), Moe Foner and Dan North

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9780801440618 | Ilr Pr, August 15, 2002, cover price $44.95 | About this edition: Presents an autobiography by a leading player in 1199/SEIU, New York's Health and Human Service Union, and a key strategist in the union's fight for recognition and higher wages for thousands of low-paid hospital workers.

African American Audio Experience

A collection of the works of African American authors and poets recorded during the 1950s-60s include selections from Zora Neal Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God, performed by Ruby Dee; selections from Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun, performed by Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis; Richard Wright's Black Boy, performed by Brock Peters; and both Nikki Giovanni and Langston Hughes reading their own poetry.

By Gwendolyn Brooks, Ossie Davis (narrator), Ruby Dee (narrator), Nikki Giovanni, Lorraine Hansberry, Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Brock Peters (narrator) and Richard Wright

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9780060535278 | Harperaudio, February 1, 2003, cover price $29.95 | About this edition: A collection of the works of African American authors and poets recorded during the 1950s and 1960s includes selections from Zora Neal Hurston's 'Their Eyes Were Watching God,' Lorraine Hansberry's 'A Raisin in the Sun,' Richard Wright's 'Black Boy,' andthe poetry of Nikki Giovanni and Langston Hughes.

Hirschfeld's Harlem: Manhattan's Legendary Artist Illustrates This Legendary City Within a City

Drawings by the famed illustrator depict the music, theater, performers, culture, and moods of Harlem, accompanied by commentary by such notables as Savion Glover, Whoopi Goldberg, Lena Horne, Eartha Kitt, and Cicely Tyson.

By Gail Lumet Buckley, Ossie Davis, Al Hirschfeld and William Saroyan

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Hardcover:

9781557835178 | Applause Theatre & Cinema Books, December 1, 2003, cover price $75.00 | About this edition: Drawings by the famed illustrator depict the music, theater, performers, culture, and moods of Harlem, accompanied by commentary by such notables as Savion Glover, Whoopi Goldberg, Lena Horne, Eartha Kitt, and Cicely Tyson.

The Impact of Race: Theatre and Culture

Looks at the evolution of the American black theater movement and includes coverage of the National Black Theatre Festival and the National Black Arts Festival in Atlanta.

By Ossie Davis (foreword by) and Woodie King

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Hardcover:

9781557835796 | Applause Theatre & Cinema Books, January 1, 2004, cover price $26.95 | About this edition: Looks at the evolution of the American black theater movement and includes coverage of the National Black Theatre Festival and the National Black Arts Festival in Atlanta.

Paperback:

9780070712065, titled "Modern Business English: A Text-Workbook for Colleges" | 7 edition (Gregg/Community College Div, April 1, 1986), cover price $46.50 | also contains Modern Business English: A Text-Workbook for Colleges

The Soul of a Butterfly: Reflections on Life's Journey

The legendary boxer offers an inspirational study of the spiritual values that have shaped him and continue to transform his life, from childhood to the present day, reflecting on the deepest meanings of life, the principles and practices of Islam, moral courage, belief in God, the responsibilities of fame and family, love, and accepting challenges. Simultaneous.

By Hana Ali, Muhammad Ali and Ossie Davis (narrator)

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9780743535557 | Unabridged edition (Simon & Schuster, October 1, 2004), cover price $25.00 | About this edition: The legendary boxer discusses the spiritual values that have shaped him, reflecting on the deepest meanings of life, the principles of Islam, moral courage, belief in God, and the responsibilities of fame and family.

The Soul of a Butterfly: Relections on Life's Journey

By Hana Ali, Muhammad Ali and Ossie Davis (narrator)

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9780743535564 | Unabridged edition (Simon & Schuster, October 1, 2004), cover price $29.95 | About this edition: The legendary boxer discusses the spiritual values that have shaped him, reflecting on the deepest meanings of life, the principles of Islam, moral courage, belief in God, and the responsibilities of fame and family.

We Shall Overcome

Chronicles the significant events and key figures from the civil right movement, including the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., the murder of Emmet Till, and the Watts riots, with archival audio recordings on the accompanying CDs.

By Herb Boyd, Ossie Davis (narrator) and Ruby Dee (narrator)

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Hardcover:

9781402202131 | Har/cdr/co edition (Sourcebooks Inc Media Fusion, October 1, 2004), cover price $45.00 | About this edition: Chronicles the significant events and key figures from the civil right movement, including the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.

Great American Writers: 21 Unabridged Classes

A superlative compilation of twenty-one masterful stories from some of America's leading writers features selections by John Updike, William Burroughs, Raymond Carver, Thomas Wolfe, John Dos Passos, Jack Kerouac, and Joyce Carol Oates. Read by Ed Asner, Sam Waterston, Len Carious, Ossie Davis, & Julie Harris.

By Edward Asner, Len Cariou, Ossie Davis and Julie Harris

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9781572705418 | Audio Partners, July 28, 2006, cover price $29.95 | About this edition: A superlative compilation of twenty-one masterful stories from some of America's leading writers features selections by John Updike, William Burroughs, Raymond Carver, Thomas Wolfe, John Dos Passos, Jack Kerouac, and Joyce Carol Oates.

The People of Clarendon County

By Alice Bernstein (editor) and Ossie Davis

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Paperback:

9780883782873 | Third World Pr, November 1, 2007, cover price $14.95

Lorraine Hansberry Audio Collection: Collection Includes: A Raisin in the Sun, To Be Young, Gifted and Black and Lorraine Hansberry Speaks Out

By Ossie Davis (narrator), Ruby Dee (narrator), Lorraine Hansberry and James Earl Jones (narrator)

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CD/Spoken Word:

9780061768958 | Abridged edition (Caedmon Audio Cassette, May 1, 2009), cover price $29.99

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