The Century: America's Time (TV Mini Series)
1920-1929: Boom to Bust (1999)
Ossie Davis: Self
Quotes
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Ossie Davis : "The Harlem Renaissance" is one of those fancy terms that white folks use when they want to look at a certain aspect of black folks. I don't think any of us went around say, "Well, we gonna have us a renaissance," or anything like that. It was just a holiday of the spirit
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Ossie Davis : [about the glory of Harlem in the 20s] If I had to choose between Heaven and Harlem, oh ho ho! Harlem would win every time.