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Jan 26, 2021 · Just as I Am: A Memoir. Hardcover – January 26, 2021. “In her long and extraordinary career, Cicely Tyson has not only succeeded as an actor, she has shaped the course of history.” –President Barack Obama, 2016 Presidential Medal of Freedom ceremony. “Just as I Am is my truth.
Jan 26, 2021 · Cicely Tyson's memoir, Just As I Am, was released on January 26, 2021 and she passed away two days later on January 28, 2021. Words can't adequately describe what an amazing, phenomenal, inspirational person she was and the impact she has had on hundreds of thousands lives.
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Jan 27, 2021 · “Just as I Am,” the memoir by iconic actress Cicely Tyson, who died Jan. 28 at 96, reminded me of her — of that special way Black women of a certain age love their God, of their unyielding ...
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Feb 15, 2022 · The recipient of an honorary Oscar and the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the iconic actress whose defining roles in Sounder, Roots and the The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman unveils the pain and suffering she felt as a Black woman in America. She describes her amazing life with emotion and transparency not often found in celebrity memoirs.
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Cicely Tyson's new book cuts into her tree of life – and the legendary actress showcases the rings of her seven-decade long career in her first memoir, Just As I Am. It would also turn out to be her last memoir: Just two days after the book's publication, Tyson died Jan. 28 at 96.
“Just as I Am is my truth. It is me, plain and unvarnished, with the glitter and garland set aside. In these pages, I am indeed Cicely, the actress who has been blessed to grace the stage and screen for six decades. Yet I am also the church girl who once rarely spoke a word.
- Cicely Tyson
