Ossie Davis was an American actor, director, poet, playwright, writer, and social activist who died in 2005 at the age of 87. He was born in 1917 in Cordell, Georgia to parents Kince Charles Davis, a railroad construction engineer, and Laurence Cooper. As a black actor, he initially faced challenges only being able to portray stereotypical characters but went on to have a successful career in acting.

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Ossie Davis
Ossie Davis was an American. He was born December 18, 1917 he died February 4, 2005. He was 87 when
he died. He was born in Raiford Chatman Davis in Cordell, Georgia. I was four years old when he died. He was
an actor, director, poet, playwright, writer, and social activist. His dads name was Kince Charles Davis a
railroad construction engineer, and his wife Laure neeCooper .He became “Ossie” when his mother told the
courthouse clerk in Clinch River GA who was filing his birth certificate that his name R.C Davis. He ran in
acting he ran into the usual roadblocks that blacks suffered at the times as they generally could only portray
stereotypical characters such as Stepin Fetchit.