Dec. 18, 1917 Ossie Davis Actor, playwright and civil rights activist Ossie Davis was born in Cogdell, Georgia. He saw racism from his youth with the KKK threatening his father because of the advanced job he held as a Black man. His father, Kince, eventually left the job, seeking greater independence. Davis became a voracious reader and dreamed of being a writer. After graduating high school, he hitchhiked to Washington, D.C. and attended Howard University. Davis dropped out of Howard University to pursue acting in New York City. Davis landed the lead role in the 1946 Broadway play “Jeb” about a disabled veteran battling racism in Louisiana. There he met his wife-to-b
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