As we reach this final day of the year in 2018, The Root takes our annual look back at the people, organizations and…

How do you celebrate six decades of groundbreaking dance? If you’re the legendary Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater,…

Last night, I had the privilege to attend the 2018 Governors Awards in Hollywood, Calif., and saw Cicely Tyson receive…

It was an honor more than 45 years in the making, but Cicely Tyson finally took home an Oscar on Sunday night at the…

As Cicely Tyson clearly demonstrated during Aretha Franklin’s funeral, she can elevate any moment. But of course, we…

At five feet, three inches, 93-year-old acting legend Cicely Tyson may be a petite woman, but her presence has always…

1. At 3:30 p.m. Friday afternoon—a time which was already 30 minutes past the very optimistic target ending time on the…

She could’ve simply stopped the show with that magnificent hat, but living legend, activist and still incredible…

I was watching Set It Off the other day because there’s never not a good time to watch Set It Off. Watching Vivica,…

If I am lucky enough to make it to 93, I want to be a fly 93 just like Harlem’s own, the legend, actress Cicely Tyson.

Susan Taylor is legend. But the term “legend” is nowhere near adequate enough for this woman, whose tenure as…

2017 has been, how do I put this succinctly, a fucking shit year.

The Emmys began last night with a skit featuring disgraced former White House press secretary Sean Spicer, a clear…

President Barack Obama named 21 recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor in the…

I am convinced there is a writer — or, perhaps, a group of writers — on the How to Get Away with Murder staff whose…