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Get the Summary of Cicely Tyson's Just As I Am in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: "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...
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Buy now to get the key takeaways from Cicely Tyson's Just as I Am.
Sample Key Takeaways:
1) Cicely Tyson never intended to write an autobiography. She once met Barbara Jordan, the first Black woman to be elected to the Texas Senate, who told her she wouldn't write a book until she had something to say. Cicely felt the same – her life accomplishments spoke for themselves.
2) Yet people all around her were always telling her she should write a book....
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Harper Large Print, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
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[2021]
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English
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The Academy, Tony, and Emmy Award-winning actor and trailblazer tells her stunning story, looking back at her life and six-decade career.
""In her long and extraordinary career, Cicely Tyson has not only succeeded 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,...