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Just over a week ago, my abuela fell ill. I went to Puerto Rico to see her- my 1st time in a year+ bc of COVID.
This is her home. Hurricane María relief hasn’t arrived. Trump blocked relief $ for PR.
People are being forced to flee ancestral homes, & developers are taking them.
In her extraordinary career, Cicely Tyson was one of the rare award-winning actors whose work on the screen was surpassed only by what she was able to accomplish off of it. She had a heart unlike any other—and for 96 years, she left a mark on the world that few will ever match.
Trailblazing and award-winning actor Cicely Tyson has died at the age of 96.
Tyson refused to play roles that were demeaning to Black women, telling Entertainment News Service: "I wait for roles — first, to be written for a woman, then, to be written for a Black woman."