Trailblazing actress Cicely Tyson dies at 96 - CNET

Tyson refused to play roles that were demeaning to Black women: "I wait for roles -- first, to be written for a woman, then, to be written for a Black woman." Oprah, Viola Davis, Ava DuVernay, Barack Obama and more pay tribute.

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