"We need to tell the story of Black women in Hollywood," Lynch recalls of her vision for a film. Now, that dream is a reality ...

Wows as She Makes History to Become First Black Woman to Win Honorary Oscar Cicely Tyson, 93, Makes History as First Black Woman to Receive an Honorary Oscar ...

Those remembered included Chadwick Boseman, Kelly Preston, Cicely Tyson ... for Best Actor for his performance in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom. Tyson became the first Black woman to receive an ...

Cicely Tyson (born December 19 ... In 1961, Tyson appeared in the original cast of French playwright Jean Genet's The Blacks, the longest running Off-Broadway non-musical of the decade, running ...