By Julissa Catalan
Ruby Deethe actress whose career spanned over 70 years as both an award-winning film and stage star as well as a civil-rights activistdied at the age of 91 last week at her home in New Rochelle, N.Y.
Her film credits include The Jackie Robinson Story (1950), her breakout role alongside Sidney Poitier in A Raisin in the Sun (1961), Buck and the Preacher (1972), Do the Right Thing (1989), Jungle Fever (1991) and American Gangster (2007).
