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Cicely Tyson is an award-winning actress best known for her roles in movies like "The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman," "Roots" and "Sounder." On stage, on screen and in real life, she's been a devoted supporter of civil rights and an outspoken advocate of other important social issues .

With the red carpet, celebrities and photographers, it could have been a Hollywood movie premiere, but this was the opening of a performing arts school in East Orange.

"Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today." - Malcolm X As a brand-new school year begins, the entire community needs to take time to reflect on the importance of education to the future of our children and our children's children.

CICELY Tyson , the septuagenarian actress who peaked in the early 1970s with "Sounder" and "The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman," could use an etiquette lesson, according to an attendee at Nelson Mandela 's 91st birthday celebration at Radio City Music Hall on Saturday.

This week's new releases, led by the fitfully amusing Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail and the totally unnecessary remake of Friday the 13th, have little to offer.