Ruby Sales
Ruby Sales | |
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| Born | Ruby Nell Sales July 8, 1948 Jemison, Alabama, U.S. |
| Occupation | Civil rights activist |
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| Civil Rights History Project: Ruby Nell Sales, 1:32:24, Library of Congress | |
| October 11, 2015: "The Legacy of Jonathan Daniels" with Ruby Sales, 47:47, Washington National Cathedral |
Ruby Nell Sales (born July 8, 1948 in Jemison, Alabama) is an African-American social justice activist, scholar, and public theologian. She has been described as a "legendary civil rights activist" by the PBS program Religion and Ethics Weekly, and is one of 50 civil rights leaders showcased by the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, DC.
She has degrees from Tuskegee Institute, Manhattanville College, and Princeton University. She received a Masters of Divinity from the Episcopal Divinity School in 1998. Sales is the founder and director of the Spirit House Project, and regularly speaks throughout the country about race, class, and reconciliation.