Pictured is 2 year old Cicely Tyson (right-side) along with her Nevisian Parents . Her father, William Tyson, a carpenter, and her mother, Frederica Huggins-Tyson a home domestic along with her brother and little sister in 1927.
Ms. Cicely Tyson was from Nevis, the smaller of the 2 islands comprising the nation of Saint Kitts and Nevis in the Caribbean. Something I always took pride in is having a close cultural connection to Ms. Tyson. Both of my grandparents being from Brown Hill, Nevis, I spent many of my summers eating sweet mangoes and running away from the bold monkeys that would come into our yard.
To see someone from such a small knit island touch the world in the way she did was just so...awe-inspiring. I saw myself in her so many ways and I know that is the case for many black women and girls.
I’m so grateful that we got to witness her here on Earth with all of her grace. Rest well, Ms. Cicely Tyson. You will always live on. 🕊💓