Editing Ruby Dee (section)

=== Political activism ===
Dee and Davis were well-known [[Civil and political rights|civil rights]] activists in the [[Civil Rights Movement]].<ref>[http://www.ossieandruby.com The official site of Ossie Davis & Ruby Dee], ossieandruby.com; accessed March 3, 2014.</ref> Dee was a member of the [[Congress of Racial Equality]] (CORE), the [[NAACP]], the [[Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee]], [[Delta Sigma Theta]] sorority, and the [[Southern Christian Leadership Conference]]. She was also as an active member of the Harlem Writers Guild for over 40 years. In 1963, Dee [[emcee]]d the [[March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom]].<ref name=chron>{{cite web |author=Mark Kennedy|url=https://www.chron.com/entertainment/article/Ruby-Dee-s-legacy-of-activism-acting-mourned-5548224.php |title=Ruby Dee's legacy of activism, acting mourned – Houston Chronicle |publisher=Chron.com |access-date=June 12, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140613175552/http://www.chron.com/entertainment/article/Ruby-Dee-s-legacy-of-activism-acting-mourned-5548224.php |archive-date=June 13, 2014 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> Dee and Davis were both personal friends of both [[Martin Luther King Jr.]] and [[Malcolm X]], with Davis giving the [[eulogy]] at Malcolm X's funeral in 1965.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.malcolmx.com/about/eulogy.html|title=Malcolm&nbsp;X's Eulogy|access-date=September 6, 2009|publisher=The Official Website of Malcolm X|last=Davis|first=Ossie|author-link=Ossie Davis|date=February 27, 1965|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006110705/http://www.malcolmx.com/about/eulogy.html|archive-date=October 6, 2014|df=mdy-all}}</ref> In 1970, she won the [[Frederick Douglass]] Award from the New York [[Urban League]].<ref name=cnn_obit/> In 1999, Dee and Davis were arrested at [[1 Police Plaza]], the headquarters of the [[New York Police Department]], protesting the police shooting of [[Amadou Diallo]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/News/9903/24/showbuzz/index.html |title=Showbuzz – March 24, 1999 |work=CNN|date=March 24, 1999 |access-date=June 12, 2014}}</ref>

In early 2003, ''[[The Nation]]'' published "Not in Our Name", an open proclamation vowing opposition to the impending US [[Iraq War|invasion of Iraq]]. Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis were among the signatories, along with [[Robert Altman]], [[Noam Chomsky]], [[Susan Sarandon]], and [[Howard Zinn]], among others.{{citation needed|date=March 2022}} In November 2005, Dee was awarded – along with her late husband – the Lifetime Achievement Freedom Award, presented by the National Civil Rights Museum located in [[Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis]]. Dee, a long-time resident of [[New Rochelle, New York]], was inducted into the [[New Rochelle Walk of Fame]] which honors the most notable residents from throughout the community's 325-year history. She was also inducted into the [[Westchester County, New York|Westchester County]] Women's Hall of Fame on March 30, 2007, joining such other honorees as [[Hillary Clinton]] and [[Nita Lowey]].<ref name=wc>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=Ruby Dee To Be Named To Women's Hall Of Fame|url=http://westchester.com/Westchester_News/Westchester_Community_News/Ruby_Dee_To_Be_Named_To_Women's_Hall_Of_Fame_200703067510.html|work=Westchester.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070506081112/http://westchester.com/Westchester_News/Westchester_Community_News/Ruby_Dee_To_Be_Named_To_Women%27s_Hall_Of_Fame_200703067510.html|date=March 6, 2007|archive-date=May 6, 2007|access-date=January 23, 2008|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> In 2009, she received an honorary [[Doctor of Fine Arts]] degree from [[Princeton University]].<ref name=usatoday6>{{cite web|url=http://entertainthis.usatoday.com/2014/06/12/6-great-moments-from-ruby-dees-legendary-career/ |title=6 great moments from Ruby Dee's legendary career &#124; Entertain This! |publisher=Entertainthis.usatoday.com |access-date=June 12, 2014}}</ref><ref>[https://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S24/39/63E27/index.xml?section=newsreleases Princeton awards five honorary degrees] (news release) News at Princeton. Princeton University. June 2, 2009. Retrieved May 3, 2016</ref>