I’m sorry…I can’t [talk about it] because I get choked up.” “ [Cicely Tyson] paved the way,” Williams added. “We’re talking about Roots, We’re talking about Miss Jane Pittman.

NEW YORK (WABC) -- A life that can only be described as phenomenal. Cicely Tyson's career spanned more than six decades before she passed away on Thursday at the age of 96, but her journey began ...

On my very first day as a professional actor in “Roots,” Cicely Tyson, played my mother. I could hardly believe I was in the presence of such a legend let alone about to act opposite her in a ...

The 'Roots' stars are looking back at the time they spent with the incredible icon. LeVar Burton and Ben Vereen are looking back at the time they spent with their late co-star, Cicely Tyson. ET's ...

Cicely Tyson in Roots, 1977 Walt Disney Television/Getty Images She starred with author Maya Angelou in the groundbreaking TV miniseries Roots, which dramatized the history of slavery.

The two stage and screen icons first met in 1965 and later appeared together in the groundbreaking series Roots When veteran actor Ben Vereen thinks of Cicely Tyson, the first words that come to ...

Cicely Tyson, 96, know n for her iconic roles such Coretta Scott King, Binta in the 1977 series “Roots,” and in the title role of “The Autobiography of Jane Pittman,” for which she ...

Per a press release sent to the The Root, the ceremony will take place on Saturday, Sep. 17, and will see East 101st street between 3rd and Lexington avenues get renamed to Cicely Tyson Way.

Cicely Tyson's career spanned more than six decades before she passed away on Thursday at the age of 96, but her journey began in New York City.