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description: Ossie Davis (born Raiford Chatman Davis; December 18, 1917 – February 4, 2005) was an American actor, director, writer, and activist.Ossie Davis – Awards IMDb. 2012. Retrieved March 17, 2012Ossie Davi
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album: Autobiography of Frederick Douglass, Vol. 2
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  date published: 1966-01-01
album: Autobiography of Frederick Douglass, Vol. 1
  type: MusicAlbum
  date published: 1966-01-01
album: Frederick Douglass' The Meaning of July 4 for the Negro
  type: MusicAlbum
  date published: 1975-01-01
album: Frederick Douglass' Speeches inc. The Dred Scott Decision
  type: MusicAlbum
  date published: 1977-01-01
album: A Voice Ringing O'er the Gale! The Oratory of Frederick Douglass Read by Ossie Davis
  type: MusicAlbum
  date published: 2009-06-30
album: I Dream a World
  type: MusicAlbum
  date published: 2013-02-20
track: African Roots of Struggle

African Roots of Struggle
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by artist: Ossie Davis
by artist: Fannie Lou Hamer
by artist: Martin Luther King, Jr.
by artist: Paul Robeson
by artist: Maya Angelou
by artist: Malcolm X
in album: The Roots of Resistance: Selected Highlights from the Freedom Archives, Vol. 1
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