Never Forget: Ossie Davis & Ruby Dee Kennedy Center Honors

SEAN COMBS (P. Diddy) introduces OSSIE DAVIS and RUBY DEE at the 27th Kennedy Center Honors awards ceremony. ANGELA BASSETT & COURTNEY B. VANCE narrate the story of Ossie and Ruby’s life together and their accomplishments. AUDRA MCDONALD & the Howard University Choir sing “Let Us Break Bread Together”. The other honorees this evening were Warren Beatty, Elton John, Joan Sutherland, and John Williams.

“The kind of beauty I want most is the hard-to-get kind that comes from within – strength, courage, dignity.” -Ruby Dee

“I find, in being black, a thing of beauty: a joy; a strength; a secret cup of gladness.” -Ossie Davis