7. Ossie Davis attended Howard University but dropped out in 1939 to pursue his acting career in New York.
8. Ossie Davis later attended Colombia University School of General Studies.
9. Ossie Davis did not want to play stereotypical subservient roles, he tries to follow the example of Sidney Poiter and play more distinguished characters.
10. Ossie Davis found it necessary to play a Pullman porter or a butler.
11. Ossie Davis tried to inject the role with a certain degree of dignity.
12. Ossie Davis was one of a handful of African American actors able to find commercials success while avoiding stereotypical roles prior to 1970.
