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Elvis Mitchell on the Life and Work of Ossie Davis

New York Times film critic Elvis Mitchell talks about the life and career of actor, writer, director and civil rights activist Ossie Davis. A familiar face on stage and screen -- as well as the front lines of the fight against racial injustice -- Davis died Friday at 87.

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