Ruby Sales

Overview

Ruby Sales born Jemison, AL July 8, 1948. American theologian and nonviolent historian who organized SNCC protests; arrested at age 17 during civil rights movement; jailed six days 1965 Hayneville AL, nearly escaping assassination; founded Spirit House 2001 promoting nonviolence.

Quotations

"Ordinary people when working together have the power to break the backs of important empires. And that empire, when people are united, is never stronger than the will of the people." (interview, Veterans of the Civil Rights Movement, Sept. 2005; photo spirithouse)