Nation Jan 29 Watch 2:31 A look back at the life of iconic actress Cicely Tyson Cicely Tyson, a towering and transformative actress, died Thursday at age 96. From her Harlem roots, she went on to appear in more than 100 film, television and stage roles. Jeffery Brown takes a look back at her life.
Arts Jan 28 Cicely Tyson, groundbreaking award-winning actor, dead at 96 Cicely Tyson, the pioneering Black actor who gained an Oscar nomination for her role as the sharecropper's wife in "Sounder," a Tony Award in 2013 at age 88 and touched TV viewers' hearts in "The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman,"… By Hillel Italie, Mark Kennedy, Associated Press
Politics Nov 16 Obama’s final round of Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients reads like a fun celebrity dinner party President Barack Obama plans to honor Tom Hanks, Ellen DeGeneres, Diana Ross, Michael Jordan, among others, with the nation's highest civilian honor. By Associated Press