{"product_id":"just-as-i-am-9780062931078","title":"Just as I Am: A Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"In her\u003cbr\u003elong and extraordinary career, Cicely Tyson has not only succeeded as an actor, \u003cbr\u003eshe has shaped the course of history.\" -President Barack Obama, 2016\u003cbr\u003ePresidential Medal of Freedom ceremony\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Just as I Am is my truth. It is me, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eplain and unvarnished, with the glitter \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eand garland set aside. In these \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003epages, I am indeed Cicely, the actress \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003ewho has been blessed to grace the \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003estage and screen for six decades. Yet \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eI am also the church girl who once \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003erarely spoke a word. I am the teenager \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003ewho sought solace in the verses \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eof the old hymn for which this book \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eis named. I am a daughter and a \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003emother, a sister and a friend. I am an \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eobserver of human nature and the \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003edreamer of audacious dreams. I am \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003ea woman who has hurt as immeasurably \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eas I have loved, a child of God \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003edivinely guided by his hand. And \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003ehere in my ninth decade, I am a \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003ewoman who, at long last, has something \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003emeaningful to say.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e -\u003c\/em\u003eCicely Tyson\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTyson, Cicely:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eMs. 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Amistad Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50625227915538,"sku":"9780062931078","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_59cd288e-3e9d-4acf-970d-d9e361e7e5a1.jpg?v=1765356574","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/just-as-i-am-9780062931078","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}