Ruby Sales

Article summary

Ruby Nell Sales (born July 8, 1948 in Jemison, Alabama) 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. She has degrees from Tuskegee Institute, Manhattanville College, and Princeton University. She received a Masters of Divinity from the Episcopal Divinity School in 1998. Sales is the founder and director of the Spirit House Project, and regularly speaks throughout the country about race, class, and reconciliation.

Key claims

1. date of birth: 1948-07-08 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
2. date of foundation: 2015-08-27 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
3. publication date: 1967 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
4. publication date: 1993 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
2. The record states that the date of birth is "1948-07-08". What evidence would count against this claim?
3. The record states that the date of foundation is "2015-08-27". What evidence would count against this claim?
4. The record states that the publication date is "1967". What evidence would count against this claim?
5. The record states that the publication date is "1993". What evidence would count against this claim?
6. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
7. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369781864