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Cicely Tyson's memoir, "Just As I Am," was released Jan. 26, 2021, by HarperCollins Publishers.

Cicely Tyson's acting career stretches back to the days of live television and an episode of the 1950s NBC series Frontiers of Faith. More TV, film and theater work led up to her breakout roles in the 1970s, including an Academy Award nomination as best actress for Sounder and a Primetime Emmy win for The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman. And Tyson has remained a star ever since, including five more Emmy nominations for her work in the current series How to Get Away With Murder. In this ticketed livestream talk from Barnes & Noble, Tyson, a 2016 Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, discusses her new memoir, Just as I Am, with Tyler Perry. Update: Cicely Tyson died on Jan. 28, 2021; this pre-recorded event will now move to Facebook as a free event in her honor.

Update from B&N: Monday, February 1, at 7PM ET

Live on B&N Facebook – As a special tribute to the legendary Cicely Tyson and to celebrate the publication of her new memoir, JUST AS I AM, we will air our virtual event with her in conversation with Tyler Perry on the Barnes & Noble Facebook page for everyone to watch and enjoy.

Barnes & Noble welcomes award-winning actress and cultural icon Cicely Tyson for a virtual event to discuss her much-anticipated new memoir, JUST AS I AM. She will be in discussion with Tyler Perry for this event.

ABOUT THE BOOK: “In her long and extraordinary career, Cicely Tyson has not only exceeded as an actor, she has shaped the course of history.” –President Barack Obama, 2016 Presidential Medal of Honor ceremony

"Just As I Am is my truth. It is me, plain and unvarnished, with the glitter and garland set aside. In these pages, I am indeed Cicely, the actress who has been blessed to grace the stage and screen for six decades. Yet I am also the church girl who once rarely spoke a word. I am the teenager who sought solace in the verses of the old hymn for which this book is named. I am a daughter and mother, a sister, and a friend. I am an observer of human nature and the dreamer of audacious dreams. I am a woman who has hurt as immeasurably as I have loved, a child of God divinely guided by His hand. And here in my ninth decade, I am a woman who, at long last, has something meaningful to say.” –Cicely Tyson

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Cicely Tyson is an actress, lecturer, activist, and one of the most respected talents in American theater and film history. From her starring role on Broadway in The Blacks (1961), to the Emmy-nominated 1999 HBO film A Lesson Before Dying, her work has garnered critical and commercial applause for more than sixty years. Her two Emmys for The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman made her the first African-American woman to win an Emmy for Best Actress. In 2013, Ms. Tyson won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for her performance as Miss Carrie Watts in The Trip to Bountiful. A capstone achievement came in 2018, when she became the first Black woman to receive an honorary Oscar. The Board of Governors voted unanimously to honor her with the award, which came 45 years after her Academy Award nominated performance in Sounder.

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• Signed Book Admission - LIMITED QUANTITY AVAILABLE - $35.91 (Admission + Signed Book/tax/shipping): **A ticket PER PERSON includes one signed copy of JUST AS I AM along with admission to the virtual event with Cicely Tyson and Tyler Perry.

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