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And in our embrace, there lived an enduring connection. Unfortunately, Tyson cut off her marriage with Davis as well. The two wed in and officially divorced in Despite everything Tyson went through in her life, she left behind an incredible legacy no one will ever forget. And few people who wrote those books know him.

I had the good fortune to be close enough to him to have him reveal himself to me the first moment we met. It is the Miles Davis that kept me with him as long as it did. Not only was he brilliantly talented, he was brilliantly sensitive.

Yet I am also the church girl who once rarely spoke a word. I am the teenager who sought solace in the verses of the old hymn for which this book is named. I am a daughter and mother, a sister, and a friend. I am an observer of human nature and the dreamer of audacious dreams. I am a woman who has hurt as immeasurably as I have loved, a child of God divinely guided by His hand.

And here in my ninth decade, I am a woman who, at long last, has something meaningful to say. Tyson spent more than 60 years using her platform not only to garner awards but to challenge stereotypes about what it means to be a Black woman in America. She helped get me off cocaine. Nor could the self-centered musician resist cheating. His love life in the late s was a series of overlapping encounters fueled by ego and lies that damaged everyone but himself.

His book revels in these exploits. And yet more than anger, I felt compassion, and pity for his sad state. It is possible to be at once hurt by a man and heartbroken for him.

I could not let Miles throw himself away. How did the musician repay her? Davis was never fully drug-free when he and Tyson were married and within a few years, the marriage was in trouble. Long rumored to have been violent with his two other wives, Davis punched Tyson in the chest on one occasion.

The actress left Davis in late after she found out about another one of his dalliances. Cicely Dec 8, I was named after you and never understood why. Recommended Mitch Miller. Related Lists. Top Contributors for Cicely Tyson. Help keep Cicely Tyson profile up to date.

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