Ruby Sales

External videos
video icon Civil Rights History Project: Ruby Nell Sales, 1:32:24, Library of Congress[1]
video icon 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)[2] 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,[3] and is one of 50 civil rights leaders showcased by the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, DC.[4]

She has degrees from Tuskegee Institute, Manhattanville College, and Princeton University. She received a Masters of Divinity from the Episcopal Divinity School in 1998.[5] Sales is the founder and director of the Spirit House Project, and regularly speaks throughout the country about race, class, and reconciliation.

  1. ^ "Ruby Nell Sales oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Atlanta, Georgia, 2011-04-25". Library of Congress. Retrieved March 12, 2016.
  2. ^ "Ruby Nell Sales Oral History Interview". National Museum of African American History and Culture. Retrieved 2021-02-26.
  3. ^ "Religion and Ethics Weekly"
  4. ^ Sales, Ruby. "Ruby Sales | Speaker | TED". www.ted.com. Retrieved 2021-02-26.
  5. ^ "Ruby Sales: How Do We Maintain Our Courage To Fight For Change?". NPR.org. Retrieved 2021-03-05.