Day 26 of Women I Admire is Cicely Tyson

 Day 26 of Women I Admire is Cicely Tyson

Cicely Tyson is probably one of America’s finest dramatic actors. She refuses to take on roles of the stereotypical “mammy”, playing strong characters and has made herself into a positive role model for black women across all ages. Although she could both sing and dance, she refused to do that in film because of the stereotypical nature of such. She was married to Miles Davis, and refused to put up with his bullshit. She was one of the few black faces on regular television, and was on the cover of one of Miles Davis’ albums. She’s gorgeous as fuck, in her 90s and still making shit happen.