Cicely Tyson News

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.

DreamWorks has acquired the rights to the life story of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Marva Collins, whose story was made into a television movie in 1982 named The Marva Collins Story and starring Cicely Tyson and Morgan Freeman, spoke today at a press conference hosted by Sen.

Plans for commencement ceremonies are shaping up at New Orleans universities, where students whose freshmen years were interrupted by Hurricane Katrina are about to graduate.

Distinguished women presidents of Historically Black Colleges and Universities will be honored during SCLC/Women's Organizational Movement for Equality Now, Inc's Drum Major for Justice Awards Dinner, Saturday , April 4, 2009 , at the Omni Hotel Grand Ballroom in the CNN Center.

SCLC/Women's Organizational Movement for Equality Now, Inc. will celebrate thirty years of empowering women and strengthening the Black family during the annual Drum Major for Justice Awards Dinner Saturday , April 4, 2009 , at the Omni Hotel Grand Ballroom in the Neigborhood: CNN Center in Atlanta.

It's not every day -- okay, hardly ever is more like it -- that such an eclectic and outsize collection of talents gets together like the get-together last night at the National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters annual communications awards dinner.

It's a sure bet that the flame-haired diva Chaka Khan doesn't often hang out with the demure and stately actress Cicely Tyson. Nor is it likely that R&B and reality-TV star Keyshia Cole has spent a lot of time schmoozing with Attorney General Eric Holder. Maybe R&B pioneer Jerry 'The Iceman' Butler has caught Andrae Crouch's gospel act, but that's about as close to overlapping as it seemed to get.

Cicely Tyson, the Ron Clark Academy and Dr. Joseph E. Lowery to participate in an evening of reflection and celebration SCLC/Women's Organizational Movement for Equality Now, Inc.

Cicely Tyson stars in a new Hallmark Channel movie, "Relative Stranger." Emmy award-winning actress Cicely Tyson has always strived to send a positive message about African Americans through the roles she has ...

The city of Hayward, following close on the heels of Oakland, now has its collective nose in Ernest J. Gaines' 1993 novel "A Lesson Before Dying," chosen for communitywide participation in the Big Read ...

God once told Joshua, "I will not leave you or forsake you.... Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go" . We'll get through these tough economic times.

Paul Winfield and Cicely Tyson were a very successful cinematic couple, with both earning Academy Award nominations for their work as the parents in 1972a s Sounder .

Cicely Tyson will guest-star on an upcoming episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit , TVGuide.com has learned exclusively.

Cicely Tyson will guest-star on an upcoming episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit , TVGuide.com has learned exclusively.

Rev. Lee of Nazareth Baptist Church's sermon came out of Genesis 4:1 and 4:2, "Dealing with Anger." If you put God first, He will control your anger so you can, and then you can be in control.

Allen Iverson cuts his hair, it makes the headlines. That's how closely associated cornrow braids have been with Detroit Pistons guard Allen Iverson.

In celebration of Black History Month, Lakewood Historical Society and Clover Park School District will present "A Visit with Aunt Harriet Tubman" Feb.

As can be expected from this channel that caters to women, the movies will star African-American actresses, many of whom are award winning.

A Hero Ain't Nothin' But A Sandwich: Koch Vision, 1978 Ralph Nelson's 1978 adaptation of Alice Childress' novel has its heart in the right place, and the ending is moving.

Someone made an entrance in the balcony, and the audience swiveled its attention from the stage. Flashbulbs popped, heads craned and a murmur ran through the crowd: Who was it? The Obamas? No: actress Cicely Tyson, who was royalty enough to satisfy much of the audience, including an impromptu cheering section that sent up unison cries of 'Cicely!'

'The stars are out tonight!' crowed one audience member, settling back into her seat.

The real star was, of course, Aretha Franklin, the featured artist at the Kennedy Center's annual free Martin Luther King Jr. Day concert, held last night at the Concert Hall, for whom audience members began lining up as early as 8 in the morning.