Fabulous Chic of the Day: Ruby Dee

Dee was born Ruby Ann Wallace in Cleveland, Ohio on October 27, 1924. She grew up in Harlem, New York and graduated from Hunter College in 1945 with degrees in French and Spanish.
She is a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.

She married Frankie Dee in the mid 1940s, but they later divorced and she married actor Ossie Davis.

Ruby and Ossie were well known civil rights activists. She is a member of countless organizations such as "Congress of Racial Equality", "NAACP", and SCLC.

She received an Honrary Degree from Princeton University in 2009.