Debbie Allen is praising the late Cicely Tyson. ET's Kevin Frazier speaks to Allen on Friday's episode of Entertainment Tonight, one day after the death of her longtime friend.
During the chat, the 71-year-old actress and dancer reflects on the impact Tyson had on her and other Black women.For Allen, Tyson's first «big impact» on her happened in the 1960s, when the late actress came on television with her natural hair.«This was a time where we were… trying to find our cultural identity as women.
She helped us know the power of our beauty in our Blackness and that was an impression that stayed with me as a student at Howard University,» Allen says. "… Cicely was so powerful.«The pair met when they were both working in the entertainment.
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