Both class and race survive education, and neither should. What is education then? If it doesn’t help a human being to recognize that humanity is humanity, what is it for? So you can make a bigger salary than other people?
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For me life is a challenge. And it will be a challenge if I live to be 100 or if I get to be a trillionaire.
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| Birth: | 12th July, 1920 |
| Death: | 14th September, 2000 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Actress |
About
Beah Richards was an American actress of stage, screen and television. She was a poet, playwright and author. In 1948, she graduated from Dillard University in New Orleans and two years later moved to New York City. Her career started to take off in 1955 when she portrayed an eighty-four-year-old-grandmother in the off Broadway show Take a Giant Step. Richards was nominated for a Tony award for her 1965 performance in James Baldwin's The Amen Corner. She received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as Sidney Poitier's mother in the 1967 film Guess Who's Coming to Dinner. Other notable movie performances include Hurry Sundown, The Great White Hope, Beloved and In the Heat of the Night. She was the winner of two Emmy Awards, one in 1988 for her appearance on the series Frank's Place, and another in 2000 for her appearance on The Practice. Beah Richards died from emphysema in her hometown of Vicksburg, Mississippi at the age of 80.
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