She Was The Past, The Present & The Future: Danny Glover Pays Tribute To The Legendary Cicely Tyson

Cicely Tyson, the stage, screen and television actress whose vivid portrayals of strong African-American women shattered racial stereotypes in the dramatic arts of the 1970s, propelling her to stardom and fame as an exemplar for civil rights, died on Thursday. She was 96.

During Thursday's edition of #RMU, Danny Glover paid tribute to the iconic and influential actress saying that she was our past, our present and our future.

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