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Just as I am : a memoir  Cover Image Book Book

Just as I am : a memoir / Cicely Tyson ; with Michelle Burford ; foreword by Viola Davis.

Tyson, Cicely, (author.). Burford, Michelle, (author.).

Summary:

The Academy, Tony, and Emmy Award-winning actor and trailblazer tells her stunning story, looking back at her life and six-decade career.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780062931061
  • ISBN: 0062931067
  • ISBN: 9780063072565
  • ISBN: 0063072564
  • Physical Description: xvi, 416 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Includes index.
Formatted Contents Note:
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.
Subject: Tyson, Cicely.
Actors > United States > Biography.
African American actors > Biography.
African American women > Biography.

Available copies

  • 3 of 3 copies available at Kenton County.

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  • 0 current holds with 3 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Covington Branch B T9937 2021 (Text) 33126020120105 Adult Biography Available -
Erlanger Branch B T9937 2021 (Text) 33126020120154 Adult Biography Available -
Independence Branch B T9937 2021 (Text) 33126020120121 Adult Biography Available -


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