Cicely Tyson: A Shining Titan of Black Excellence
In an exceptional memoir, one of the greatest actresses in American film deconstructs her craft and bears witness to history.
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This article appears in the May/June 2021 issue of The American Prospect
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This week, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences celebrated Cicely Tyson during the Oscarsâ 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 surged to number one on best-seller lists and, ultimately, into multiple printings.Â