Photos | Cicely Tyson, actress who captured the power and grace of Black women in America, dies

Cicely Tyson, an actress famed for her elegant stage presence and her insistence — sometimes futile — on roles that reflected the power and grace of Black women in America, has died.

Actress Cicely Tyson accepts her honorary Oscar at the 2018 Governors Awards in Los Angeles. (Chris Pizzello/Associated Press)

Jan. 28, 2021 6:54 PM PT

Cicely Tyson, left, starred in the 1977 limited series “Roots.” (ABC Photo Archives)

Actress Cicely Tyson in a scene from the movie “Sounder.” (Stanley Bielecki Movie Collection/Getty Images)

Cicely Tyson earned a Tony award in 2013 for work in “The Trip to Bountiful.” (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

James Earl Jones and Cicely Tyson start in “The Gin Game” in New York City in 2015. (Walter McBride/WireImage)

Actress Cicely Tyson, left, presents the Eleanor Roosevelt Woman of Courage Award to Rosa Parks on Nov. 14, 1984. (Suzanne Vlamis / Associated Press)

Actress Cicely Tyson blows a kiss after receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Obama in 2016. (Associated Press)

Cicely Tyson poses with her Emmy Awards in Los Angeles in 1974. (Associated Press)

Cicely Tyson places her hands in cement at her Hand and Footprint Ceremony on April 27, 2018, in Los Angeles. (Willy Sanjuan/Associated Press)

Cicely Tyson is applauded during a Kennedy Center ceremony at the White House in 2015. (Associated Press)