
Ruby Duncan Well Wishes
Clip: Season 5 Episode 36 | 2m 3sVideo has Closed Captions
People at the screening of “Storming Caesars Palace” thank Ruby Duncan.
People at the screening of “Storming Caesars Palace” thank Ruby Duncan.
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Ruby Duncan Well Wishes
Clip: Season 5 Episode 36 | 2m 3sVideo has Closed Captions
People at the screening of “Storming Caesars Palace” thank Ruby Duncan.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipOh, she is a second mom to me.
She's a mom to this community.
And then I met Ruby and fell in love with her.
And I was like, Everybody should have the ability to meet and know Ruby and having a school and now a movie to remember her legacy.
You know, I couldn't think of anything better.
And Derek Washington, I am chairman of the Black Democratic Empowerment Project in Southern Nevada.
Miss Ruby is my fairy godmother.
The reason I found out that I loved you so much is because she told me a story about how they once kidnaped the head of the welfare department and wouldn't let him go home on a Friday until he did what they wanted them to do and which was respect the moms of the West Side.
Respect the poor moms.
Respect the welfare moms and respect their families.
And he didn't go home until he showed that respect.
So that's why I love this movie.
Hello, my name is Laura martin.
I'm the executive director of the Progressive Leadership Alliance, the Nevada.
Ms.. Ruby, you are such an inspiration to me and to plan and thank you for showing that black women we can be unapologetic leaders, organizers and activists.
And the work continues because you have laid the path for us.
Thank you.
Renee Diamond.
It is my name.
I was lucky to be with all the women, so I was I came to Nevada in February of 1972, and by 73 I was secretary treasurer of Operation Life in the old Coles Hotel in the hot summers and watched the kids grow up.
Ruby was an inspiration to me.
We went to San Francisco to hug, got Ruby young and manners started.
We got the whip clinic started and it was my pleasure to be part of it.
Now we're all ladies together.
We still top our birthdays are two year, two days apart, but a few years apart.
I wish Ruby the best.
And I loved the film.
The film was amazing.
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Two people working to address poverty talk about efforts to lift people out of poverty. (15m 4s)
Storming Caesars Palace Screening
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We talk to Ruby Duncan about her role in reforming the welfare system. (7m 57s)
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