Tag: Cicely Tyson
Sidney Poitier opened the door for Black Hollywood
Elise Brisco
USA TODAY
Sidney Poitier, a Hollywood trailblazer and the first Black man to win an Oscar for best actor, died Thursday. He was 94.
Among his long...
Sharpe-Jefferson: Actress Cicely Tyson Epitomized the Strong Black Woman
By Keisa Sharpe-Jefferson
It may have been a strange reaction, but when I heard the news of the passing of iconic actress Cicely Tyson, there...
Cicely Tyson, groundbreaking award-winning actor, dead at 96
Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — Cicely Tyson, the pioneering Black actor who gained an Oscar nomination for her role as the sharecropper’s wife in...