Judy Pace and Godfrey Cambridge in a scene from the film ‘Cotton Comes To Harlem’ in 1970. The film, based on the Chester Himes novel of the same name, was co-written and directed by Ossie Davis. Photo by United Artists/Getty Images.
Ossie Davis as Gabriel in “The Green Pastures,” photographed by Carl Van Vechten on April 18, 1951. Photo: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee in a 1960 advertisement for Smirnoff Vodka.