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Of the many roles Cicely Tyson played, none was more important than mentor.
Over her 60-plus year career, Tyson chose characters and work that showed not just the humanity of Black people, but were meant to inspire the generations that followed her. It s very exciting to know that you are, hopefully, making a roadway for someone else to follow, she once explained.
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Her longtime friend Minyon Moore, a political adviser to the Clintons and Vice President Kamala Harris, tells PEOPLE, Her delight in life was not in being Cicely Tyson, the person of stage and screen and who had more awards than you can count. She worked with all the major civil rights leaders fighting for change in this country. She had a platform that she combined with her ....

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