Ruby Sales

American activist

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Also known as Ruby Nell Sales

Born: July 8, 1948
Citizenship: United States
Occupation: activist
Education: Tuskegee University
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1.spirithouseproject.org/aboutruby.phpRetrieved 2026-08-17
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, Manhattanville University
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, Princeton University
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Ruby Nell Sales 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.

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Sex or gender: female
Given name: Ruby
Family name: Sales
Oral history at: Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library url: aviary.libraries.emory.edu · collection creator: Vincent Harding · collection: Veterans of Hope project

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