Cicely Tyson Updates

SCREEN WORLD'S Promising Actors of 1972 (12 person items)

" Cicely Tyson Starred in: Sounder (1972, Martin Ritt) "

Black American Firsts in Film and Theatre (70 person items)

"Though controversial, Cicely Tyson’s role on the CBS drama ‘East Side/West Side’ has become historic. Starring as secretary Jane Foster, the celebrated actress appeared in 22 out of the 26 episodes of the show."

Notable African Americans who helped pave the way (64 person items)

"Cicely Tyson, who died at 96 in January 2021, became the first Black woman to earn an honorary Oscar when she took home the trophy at the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences' Governors Awards in 2018. "I don't know that I would cherish a better gift," the legend said during her acceptance speech. "This is the culmination of all those years of haves and have not.""