You know we love a Black love story, and what better one than that of late actors and activists Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee ... Enjoy a few photos of their love, over 56 years, below.

Leslie Odom Jr. and Kara Young, who play the roles that Davis and Dee originated in the current revival of Ossie Davis’ critically acclaimed play, read love letters from the couple’s archive ...

Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis’ love story spanned over five decades ... Muta’Ali gave us a sneak peak, sharing exclusive photos and sound bites from some of Ruby and Ossie’s interviews.

ROGER ROSENBLATT: At the outset of Black History Month, Ossie Davis died. And his death recalled one of the reasons the life of Africa America matters to African Americans and to everyone else ...

Ossie Davis, the baritone-voiced actor, director, playwright and civil rights activist whose commitment to teaching the lessons of black history added depth to a distinguished career that ranged ...

NEW YORK — Ossie Davis, the actor distinguished for roles dealing with racial injustice on stage, screen and in real life, has died, an aide said today. He was 87. Davis, the husband and partner ...

To hear Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee tell it ... A waitress, Sharri Parker, pulls out a tattered postcard photo, circa 1953. It's of Davis and she wants him to sign it. "This was taken by Mr. Carl ...

He was a voice for justice–and what a voice it was. Ossie Davis, 87, the actor, writer and social activist who died Friday, had the kind of rich, soulful, sonorous delivery that seemed to arise ...