The "Abbott Elementary" actor also shared words of encouragement she received from Cicely Tyson, Maya Angelou and Sidney ...

The mother of two adult children is enjoying the rewards of ... “One day I was on a plane, and Cicely Tyson said, ‘Many great things are going to happen to you. Many, many, many ...

The 1980s was a decade known for the birth of the last of Generation X and big-hair bands. It also produced some of the best ...

next to actor Cicely Tyson. Tyson turned to her and said, “Sheryl Lee Ralph, you will do many wonderful things, but you see those two children, those will probably be the two greatest things in ...

However, the children’s novel allows a new audience ... to love that recipe for the Lemon Ice Box Pie!” The lated Cicely Tyson called the project “a brilliant and fascinating portrait ...

“When you see children that look like you being killed ... Similarly she recalls legends Sidney Poitier and Cicely Tyson singing her praises, with the latter once stopping to tell her, "Many great ...

How did Martin Luther King's message get across to America? Partly through pop culture. Music, movies, TV helped spread his ...

Poitier's success — certified by a Best Actor Oscar for "Lilies of the Field" (1963), the first for a Black performer — helped pave the way for stars like Ruby Dee, Ossie Davis, Diana Sands, Cicely ...

Diana Sands and Cicely Tyson. And when Poitier marched along with other celebrities, Black and white, in the 1963 March on Washington — including Marlon Brando, Harry Belafonte, Burt Lancaster ...