Here - at this final hour, Harlem has come to bid farewell to one of its brightest hopes - extinguished now, and gone from us forever.... Many will ask what Harlem finds to honor in this stormy, controversial and bold young captain - and we will smile. ...We will answer and say unto them, ‘Did you ever talk to Brother Malcolm? Did you ever really listen to him? ...For if you did you would know him. And if you knew him you would know why we must honor him.'
Ossie DavisIt is necessary to stay on the march, to be on the journey, to work for peace wherever we are at all times, because the liberty we cherish, which we would share with the world, demands eternal vigilance.
Ossie DavisThere is no secret to a long marriage - it's hard work...It's serious business, and certainly not for cowards.
Ossie DavisAny form of art is a form of power; it has impact, it can affect change. It can not only move us, it makes us move.
Ossie Davis