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Title Just as I am : a memoir / Cicely Tyson ; with Michelle Burford ; foreword by Viola Davis.
Author Tyson, Cicely, author.
Publication Info. New York, NY : HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021]
©2021
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Location Call No. Status
 Alafaya  791.4302 TYSON    Check Shelves
 Fairview Shores  791.4302 TYSON    Check Shelves
 Hiawassee  791.4302 TYSON    Check Shelves
 North Orange  791.4302 TYSON    Check Shelves
 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Third Floor  791.4302 TYSON    Check Shelves
 Southeast  791.4302 TYSON    Check Shelves
 Southwest  791.4302 TYSON    Check Shelves
 Washington Park  791.4302 TYSON    Checked Out
 West Oaks  791.4302 TYSON    Check Shelves
Edition First edition.
Description xvi, 416 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
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unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Summary The Academy, Tony, and Emmy Award-winning actor and trailblazer tells her stunning story, looking back at her life and six-decade career.
Note Includes index.
Contents A mighty seed / Viola Davis -- This life -- The vow -- String bean -- Church girl -- Transitions -- The other America -- Unspoken -- Ground shifts -- Divinely guided -- Shoulder taps -- Center stage -- Riverside Park -- Going natural -- 1968 -- Rebecca -- Jane Pittman -- Endings and beginnings -- The ladder -- Roots -- Thanksgiving Day -- Threadbare -- Lesson before dying -- A strong harvest -- Trip to bountiful -- When great trees fall -- Just as I am.
Local Note LEASE 2021-01
LEASE 2021-02
LEASE 2021-03
Subject Tyson, Cicely.
Actors -- United States -- Biography.
African American actors -- Biography.
Genre Autobiographies.
Added Author Burford, Michelle, author.
Davis, Viola, 1965- writer of foreword.
ISBN 9780062931061 (hardcover) : $28.99
0062931067 (hardcover)