Joseph A. College

Actress, author, playwright, and actvist: Ruby Dee was the first African American actress to play a major role at the American Shakespeare Festival in Stratford Connecticut on Feb. 1, 1965

Check out this 1981 clip of Ruby Dee performing “Men Who Loved Me” with Billy Taylor (piano) and Max Roach (drums):

Photo by Carl Van Vechten (1961)

(Source: beinecke.library.yale.edu)