In Remembrance
Actress Cicely Tyson
D. Shankbone, 2012
In some African tribal customs, when an elder of the tribe passes away, it is said that “a great tree has fallen.” Let us remember, reflect on and celebrate the lives of ‘elders’ from lands near and far.
"Cicely Tyson, the pioneering Black actor who gained an Oscar nomination for her role as the sharecropper’s wife in “Sounder,” won a Tony Award in 2013 at age 88 and touched TV viewers’ hearts in “The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman,” died Thursday at age 96.” January 29, 2020