Cicely Tyson: A Shining Titan of Black Excellence

This week, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences celebrated Cicely Tyson during the Oscars' memorial tribute honoring the careers of film icons who had passed away since the last awards ceremony. It is fitting that Tyson died just two days after her memoir Just as I Am was published in January. Perhaps even more fitting, within days the long-awaited story of her life...read more.