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'''Cicely Tyson''' (born December 18, 1924)<ref name="ancestry">{{cite web|title=New York, Naturalization Records, 1882-1944 (database online)|url=http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2499|publisher=Ancestry.com. Original source: The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), Washington, D.C.; Petitions for Naturalization from the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, 1897-1944; Series M1972, Roll 956|accessdate=February 22, 2015|ref=In the matter of the petition of William Augustine Tyson to be admitted to become a citizen of the United States of America, Petition No. 248743 (S.D.N.Y., Jul. 31, 1935; granted January 27, 1936)}}</ref><ref>The U.S. naturalization petition of William Augustine Tyson, father of Cecily Tyson, shows her birth date as December 18, 1924. New sources (including [http://theater.nytimes.com/2013/06/11/theater/theaterspecial/a-landmark-tony-awards-season-for-black-actors.html?adxnnl=1&ref=arts&adxnnlx=1371053384-Ey/pkxoSen6nYxddu2NJfQ], [http://blackamericaweb.com/134737/congrats-cicely-tyson-wins-tony-for-best-actress-in-a-play], [http://ebenezerray.com/2013/05/24/from-harlem-to-bountiful-cicely-tyson-tills-the-soil-for-many], [https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KJFX-4JP], [https://familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&query=%2Bgivenname%3ACicely%20%2Bsurname%3ATyson], [http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-ca-cicely-tyson-20140921-story.html#page=1], [http://theater.nytimes.com/2013/04/14/theater/cicely-tyson-at-horton-footes-home.html?pagewanted=all&_r=1&], [http://theater.nytimes.com/2013/06/10/theater/theaterspecial/at-tonys-kinky-boots-and-matilda-vie-for-best-musical.html?ref=theaterspecial&_r=0], [http://www.biography.com/people/cicely-tyson-9512950], and |
'''Cicely Tyson''' (born December 18, 1924)<ref name="ancestry">{{cite web|title=New York, Naturalization Records, 1882-1944 (database online)|url=http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2499|publisher=Ancestry.com. Original source: The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), Washington, D.C.; Petitions for Naturalization from the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, 1897-1944; Series M1972, Roll 956|accessdate=February 22, 2015|ref=In the matter of the petition of William Augustine Tyson to be admitted to become a citizen of the United States of America, Petition No. 248743 (S.D.N.Y., Jul. 31, 1935; granted January 27, 1936)}}</ref><ref>The U.S. naturalization petition of William Augustine Tyson, father of Cecily Tyson, shows her birth date as December 18, 1924. New sources (including [http://theater.nytimes.com/2013/06/11/theater/theaterspecial/a-landmark-tony-awards-season-for-black-actors.html?adxnnl=1&ref=arts&adxnnlx=1371053384-Ey/pkxoSen6nYxddu2NJfQ], [http://blackamericaweb.com/134737/congrats-cicely-tyson-wins-tony-for-best-actress-in-a-play], [http://ebenezerray.com/2013/05/24/from-harlem-to-bountiful-cicely-tyson-tills-the-soil-for-many], [https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KJFX-4JP], [https://familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&query=%2Bgivenname%3ACicely%20%2Bsurname%3ATyson], [http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-ca-cicely-tyson-20140921-story.html#page=1], [http://theater.nytimes.com/2013/04/14/theater/cicely-tyson-at-horton-footes-home.html?pagewanted=all&_r=1&], [http://theater.nytimes.com/2013/06/10/theater/theaterspecial/at-tonys-kinky-boots-and-matilda-vie-for-best-musical.html?ref=theaterspecial&_r=0], [http://www.biography.com/people/cicely-tyson-9512950], and {{cite web |url=http://flcourier.com/2013/06/13/cicely-tyson-wins-tony-at-88 |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2013-06-21 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201162247/http://flcourier.com/2013/06/13/cicely-tyson-wins-tony-at-88/ |archivedate=2014-02-01 |df= }}) all indicate that she was born in 1924, although some references cited December 19 as the day of her birth while most cited 1933 as her birth year.</ref> is an American actress. |
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She was nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Actress|Academy]] and [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama|Golden Globe Awards]] for Best Actress for her performance as Rebecca Morgan in ''[[Sounder (film)|Sounder]]'' (1972). For this role she also won the [[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress|NSFC Best Actress]] and [[National Board of Review Award for Best Actress|NBR Best Actress]] Awards. She starred in ''The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman'' (1974), for which she won two [[Emmy Award]]s and was nominated for a [[BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role|BAFTA Award]].<ref name="imdb"/> During her career she has been nominated for thirteen [[Primetime Emmy Award|Primetime Emmy]] Awards, winning three. |
She was nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Actress|Academy]] and [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama|Golden Globe Awards]] for Best Actress for her performance as Rebecca Morgan in ''[[Sounder (film)|Sounder]]'' (1972). For this role she also won the [[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress|NSFC Best Actress]] and [[National Board of Review Award for Best Actress|NBR Best Actress]] Awards. She starred in ''The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman'' (1974), for which she won two [[Emmy Award]]s and was nominated for a [[BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role|BAFTA Award]].<ref name="imdb"/> During her career she has been nominated for thirteen [[Primetime Emmy Award|Primetime Emmy]] Awards, winning three. |
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Cicely Tyson | |
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Born | Cicely Louise Tyson December 18, 1924 [1][2] |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1951–present |
Spouse |
Cicely Tyson (born December 18, 1924)[1][3] is an American actress.
She was nominated for the Academy and Golden Globe Awards for Best Actress for her performance as Rebecca Morgan in Sounder (1972). For this role she also won the NSFC Best Actress and NBR Best Actress Awards. She starred in The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (1974), for which she won two Emmy Awards and was nominated for a BAFTA Award.[4] During her career she has been nominated for thirteen Primetime Emmy Awards, winning three.
In 2011, she appeared in the film The Help, for which she received awards for her ensemble work as Constantine from the BFCA and SAG Awards and she has an additional four SAG Award nominations. She starred on Broadway in The Trip to Bountiful as Carrie Watts, for which she won the Tony Award, Outer Critics Award, and Drama Desk Award for Best Actress in a Play. She previously received a Drama Desk Award in 1962 for her Off-Broadway performance in Moon on a Rainbow Shawl.[4][5]
On November 16, 2016, it was announced that Tyson would be one of 21 new recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor.[6]
Early life
Tyson was born and raised in Harlem, the daughter of Frederica Tyson, a domestic, and William Augustine Tyson,[1] who worked as a carpenter, painter, and at any other jobs he could find. Her parents were immigrants from Nevis in the West Indies.[7][8][9] Her father arrived in New York City at age 21 and was processed at Ellis Island on August 4, 1919.[10]
Career
Early work
Tyson was discovered by a photographer for Ebony magazine and became a popular fashion model. Her first acting role was on the NBC series Frontiers of Faith in 1951. Tyson got her first play role in 1950 and her first film role in Carib Gold in 1956, but she went on to do more television work, such as the celebrated series East Side/West Side and the soap opera The Guiding Light.
In 1961, Tyson appeared in the original cast of French playwright Jean Genet's The Blacks, the longest running off-Broadway non-musical of the decade, running for 1,408 performances. On March 25, 1963, Tyson appeared on the game show To Tell The Truth as a decoy contestant for Shirley Abicair.[11] She appeared with Sammy Davis, Jr. in the film A Man Called Adam (1966) and starred in the film version of Graham Greene's The Comedians (1967). Tyson had a featured role in The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1968), and appeared in a segment of Roots.[12]
In 1972, she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in the critically acclaimed Sounder. In 1974, she won two Emmy Awards for The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman. Other acclaimed television roles included Roots; King, in which she portrayed Coretta Scott King, The Marva Collins Story, When No One Would Listen, and The Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All, for which she received her third Emmy Award.
In 1982, she was awarded the Women in Film Crystal Award for outstanding women, who through their endurance and the excellence of their work have helped to expand the role of women within the entertainment industry.[13] In 1988 she received a Candace Award for Distinguished Service from the National Coalition of 100 Black Women.[14]
In 1991 she appeared in Fried Green Tomatoes as Sipsey. In her 1994–95 television series Sweet Justice, Tyson portrayed a civil rights activist and attorney named Carrie Grace Battle, a character she shaped by reportedly consulting with noted Washington, D.C. civil rights and criminal defense lawyer Dovey Johnson Roundtree. In 2005, Tyson co-starred in Because of Winn-Dixie and Diary of a Mad Black Woman. The same year she was honored at Oprah Winfrey's Legends Ball.''Italic text
Later career
In 2010, she appeared in Why Did I Get Married Too?, and also narrated the Paul Robeson Award-winning documentary, Up from the Bottoms: The Search for the American Dream. In 2011, Tyson appeared in her first music video in Willow Smith's 21st Century Girl. That same year she played Constantine Jefferson in the critically-acclaimed period drama The Help.[15] At the 67th Tony Awards on June 9, 2013, she won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for her performance as Miss Carrie Watts in The Trip to Bountiful.[16] She also won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play and the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play for the role.[17][18] In 2013, Tyson had a supporting role in the horror film The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia.[19]
Personal life
Tyson has been married once, to legendary jazz trumpeter Miles Davis on November 26, 1981. The ceremony was conducted by Atlanta mayor Andrew Young at the home of actor Bill Cosby. Tyson and Davis resided in Malibu, California until their divorce in 1988, She has no children.[20] She is a member of Delta Sigma Theta sorority. On May 17, 2009, she received an honorary degree from Morehouse College, an all-male college.[citation needed]
In 2010, she was awarded the NAACP's Spingarn Medal for her acting, modeling, and support of civil rights.[21][22][23]
The Cicely Tyson School of Performing and Fine Arts, a magnet school in East Orange, New Jersey, was renamed in Tyson's honor. She plays an active part in supporting the school, which serves one of New Jersey's most underprivileged African-American communities.[citation needed]
On May 21, 2014, she was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Columbia University.[24] On May 7, 2016, she was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Letters from Howard University alongside President Barack Obama. On November 22, 2016, she was awarded the highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama.
Filmography
Film
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1962 | The Nurses | Betty Ann Warner | Episode: "Frieda" |
1963 | To Tell The Truth | Decoy contestant | Episode: March 25, 1963 (decoy for Shirley Abicair) |
1963 | Naked City | Episode: "Howard Running Bear Is a Turtle" | |
1963–64 | East Side/West Side | (26 episodes) | |
1965 | Slattery's People | Sarah Brookman | Episode: "Question: Who You Taking to the Main Event, Eddie?" |
1965–66 | I Spy | Princess Amara Vickie Harmon |
Episode: "So Long, Patrick Henry" Episode: "Trial by Treehouse" |
1966 | Guiding Light | Martha Frazier | |
1967 | Cowboy in Africa | Julie Anderson | Episode: "Tomorrow on the Wind" |
1967 | Judd for the Defense | Lucille Evans | Episode: "Commitment" |
1968–69 | The F.B.I. | Julie Harmon Lainey Harber |
Episode: "The Enemies" Episode: "Silent Partners" |
1969 | Medical Center | Susan Wiley | Episode: "The Last 10 Yards" |
1969 | The Courtship of Eddie's Father | Betty Kelly | Episode: "Guess Who's Coming for Lunch" |
1970 | Gunsmoke | Rachel Biggs | Episode: "The Scavengers" |
1970 | Mission: Impossible | Alma Ross | Episode: "Death Squad" |
1970 | The Bill Cosby Show | Mildred Hermosa | Episode: "Blind Date" |
1970 | Here Come the Brides | Princess Lucenda | Episode: "A Bride for Obie Brown" |
1971 | Insight | Episode: "The Bird of the Mast" | |
1971 | Marriage: Year One | Emma Teasley | (unsold pilot) |
1971 | Neighbors | ||
1972 | Emergency! | Mrs. Johnson | Episode: "Crash" |
1972 | Wednesday Night Out | ||
1974 | The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman | Jane Pittman | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress – Miniseries or a Movie Emmy Award for Actress of the Year – Special Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role |
1974 | Free to Be… You and Me | Herself | |
1976 | Just an Old Sweet Song | Priscilla Simmons | |
1977 | Roots | Binta | Miniseries Nominated — Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress – Miniseries or a Movie |
1977 | Wilma | Blanche Rudolph | |
1978 | King | Coretta Scott King | Miniseries Nominated — Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress – Miniseries or a Movie |
1978 | A Woman Called Moses | Harriet Ross Tubman | |
1981 | The Marva Collins Story | Marva Collins | NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special Nominated — Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress – Miniseries or a Movie |
1982 | Benny's Place | Odessa | |
1985 | Playing with Fire | Carol Phillips | |
1986 | Intimate Encounters | Dr. Claire Dalton | |
1986 | Acceptable Risks | Janet Framm | |
1986 | Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story | Muriel | NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special |
1989 | The Women of Brewster Place | Mrs. Browne | |
1990 | The Kid Who Loved Christmas | Etta | |
1990 | B.L. Stryker | Ruth Hastings | Episode: "Winner Takes All" |
1990 | Heat Wave | Ruthana Richardson | CableACE Award for Actress in a Movie or Miniseries |
1991 | Clippers | Donna | Unsold pilot |
1991 | Fried Green Tomatoes | Sipsey | |
1992 | Duplicates | Dr. Randolph | |
1992 | When No One Would Listen | Sarah | |
1993 | House of Secrets | Evangeline | |
1994 | Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All | Castralia, Marsden Family House Slave/Maid | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress – Miniseries or a Movie Nominated — NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie |
1994–95 | Sweet Justice | Carrie Grace Battle | Nominated — Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress – Drama Series Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series |
1996 | The Road to Galveston | Jordan Roosevelt | NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special Lone Star Film & Television Award for Best TV Actress Nominated — CableACE Award for Actress in a Movie or Miniseries Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie |
1997 | Bridge of Time | Guardian | |
1997 | Riot | Maggie | Segment: "Homecoming Day" Nominated — CableACE Award for Supporting Actress in a Movie or Miniseries |
1997 | Ms. Scrooge | Ms. Ebenita Scrooge | |
1997 | The Price of Heaven (Blessed Assurance) | Vesta Lotte Battle | |
1998 | Always Outnumbered | Luvia | |
1998 | Mama Flora's Family | Mama Flora | NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special |
1999 | A Lesson Before Dying | Tante Lou | Black Reel Award for Network/Cable – Best Supporting Actress Nominated — Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress – Miniseries or a Movie Nominated — NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special |
1999 | Aftershock: Earthquake in New York | Emily Lincoln | |
2000 | Touched by an Angel | Abby | Episode: "Living the Rest of My Life" |
2000 | The Outer Limits | Justice Gretchen Parkhurst | Episode: "Final Appeal" |
2001 | Jewel | Cathedral | |
2001 | The Proud Family | Mrs. Maureen Parker (voice) | Episode: Behind Family Lines |
2002 | The Rosa Parks Story | Leona Edwards McCauley | Black Reel Award for Network/Cable – Best Supporting Actress |
2005 | Higglytown Heroes | Great Aunt Shirley Hero | Episode: "Wayne's 100 Special Somethings" |
2009 | Relative Stranger | Pearl | Nominated — NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special Nominated — Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress – Miniseries or a Movie |
2009 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Ondine Burdett | Episode "Hell" |
2014 | The Trip to Bountiful | Mrs. Carrie Watts | TV Movie Black Reel Award for Best Actress: T.V. Movie/Cable NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special Online Film & Television Association Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture or Miniseries Nominated — Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie (executive producer) Nominated — Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie Nominated — Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actress in a Movie/Miniseries Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Actress in a Miniseries or TV Film Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie |
2015– | How to Get Away with Murder | Ophelia Harkness | Episodes: "Mama's Here Now", "There's My Baby", "Anna Mae" & 'Go Cry Somewhere Else' Nominated — Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Guest Performer in a Drama Series Nominated — Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series (2015, 2017) Nominated – NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series (2016–17) |
2016 | House of Cards | Doris Jones | 3 episodes |
Theatre
Year | Title | Role | Theatre |
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1957 | Dark of the Moon[25] | Little Theatre | |
1959 | Jolly's Progress[26] | Jolly (understudy) | Longacre Theatre |
1960 | The Cool World[27] | Girl | Eugene O'Neill Theatre |
1961 | The Blacks: A Clown Show[25][28] | Stephanie Virtue Diop | St. Mark's Playhouse |
1962 | Moon on a Rainbow Shawl[25] | East 11th Street Theater | |
1962 | Tiger, Tiger Burning Bright[29] | Celeste Chipley Adelaide Smith (understudy) |
Booth Theatre |
1963 | The Blue Boy in Black[25][30] | Joan | Masque Theatre |
1963 | Trumpets of the Lord[25][31] | Rev. Marion Alexander | Astor Place Theatre |
1966 | A Hand Is on the Gate[32] | Performer | Longacre Theatre |
1968 | Carry Me Back to Morningside Heights[25][33] | Myrna Jessup | John Golden Theatre |
1969 | To Be Young, Gifted and Black[25][34] | Various | Cherry Lane Theatre |
1969 | Trumpets of the Lord[35] | Rev. Marion Alexander | Brooks Atkinson Theatre |
1983 | The Corn Is Green[36][37] | Miss Moffat | Lunt-Fontanne Theatre |
2013 | The Trip to Bountiful | Miss Carrie Watts | Stephen Sondheim Theatre |
2015 | The Gin Game | Fonsia Dorsey | John Golden Theater |
Radio
Year | Title | Role |
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1979 | Sears Radio Theater | Host, Thursdays "Love and Hate Night" |
References
- ^ a b c "New York, Naturalization Records, 1882-1944 (database online)". Ancestry.com. Original source: The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), Washington, D.C.; Petitions for Naturalization from the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, 1897-1944; Series M1972, Roll 956. Retrieved February 22, 2015.
- ^ "Cicely Tyson Biography". biography.com. Retrieved February 17, 2015.
- ^ The U.S. naturalization petition of William Augustine Tyson, father of Cecily Tyson, shows her birth date as December 18, 1924. New sources (including [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9], and "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-02-01. Retrieved 2013-06-21.
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- ^ Cicely Tyson at the Internet Broadway Database
- ^ "These Are The 21 People Receiving The Nation's Highest Civilian Honor". npr.org. November 16, 2016. Retrieved March 16, 2017.
- ^ Cicely Tyson profile, Filmreference.com; retrieved 2013-08-09.
- ^ CICELY TYSON: BAH, HUMBUG? ACTRESS STARS AS MS. SCROOGE.(LIVING). The Cincinnati Post, November 28, 1997.
- ^ Klemesrud, Judy (1972-10-01). "Cicely, the Looker From 'Sounder'; Cicely, the Looker". The New York Times. Retrieved 2010-04-30.
- ^ The Staue of Liberty – Ellis Island Foundation, Inc, Ellisisland.org; retrieved 2013-08-09.
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- ^ "Roots: IMDB cast and crew". Retrieved November 4, 2014.
- ^ Women in Film website Archived 2011-08-20 at WebCite. Wif.org; retrieved 2013-08-09.
- ^ "CANDACE AWARD RECIPIENTS 1982-1990, Page 3". National Coalition of 100 Black Women. Archived from the original on March 14, 2003.
- ^ "The Help". Retrieved November 4, 2014.
- ^ Purcell, Carey (2013-06-09). "Kinky Boots, Vanya and Sonia, Pippin and Virginia Woolf? Are Big Winners at 67th Annual Tony Awards". Playbill. Archived from the original on 2013-06-11. Retrieved 2013-06-10.
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- ^ Staff (January 3, 2013). "Director Tom Elkins: Awakening the "GHOSTS OF GEORGIA"". Fangoria. Retrieved February 28, 2017.
- ^ Ng, David (September 20, 2014). "Cicely Tyson makes a trip that is 'Bountiful' indeed". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 28, 2017.
- ^ NAACP Spingarn Medal Archived 2014-05-05 at WebCite. Naacp.org; retrieved 2013-08-09.
- ^ "NAACP Names Cicely Tyson 95th Spingarn Medalist". www.naacp.org. Retrieved 2016-03-08.
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(help) - ^ "Jolly's Progress". Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved 2009-12-03.
- ^ "The Cood World". Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved 2009-12-03.
- ^ "The Blacks: A Clown Show". Lortel Archives: The Internet off-Broadway Database. Retrieved 2009-12-03.
- ^ "Tiger, Tiger Burning Bright". United States: Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved 2009-12-03.
- ^ "The Blue Boy in Black". Lortel Archives: The Internet off-Broadway Database. Retrieved 2009-12-03.
- ^ "Trumpets of the Lord". Lortel Archives: The Internet off-Broadway Database. Retrieved 2009-12-03.
- ^ "A Hand Is on the Gate". Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved 2009-12-03.
- ^ "Carry Me Back to Morningside Heights". Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved 2009-12-03.
- ^ "To Be Young, Gifted and Black". New York, New York: Lortel Archives: The Internet off-Broadway Database. Retrieved 2009-12-03.
- ^ "Trumpets of the Lord". New York, New York: Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved 2009-12-03.
- ^ "The Corn Is Green". Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved 2009-12-03.
- ^ "The Corn Is Green". Internet Theatre Database. Retrieved 2009-12-03.
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