Wednesday, May 28, 2014

Maya Angelou (1928 — 2014)

Maya Angelou, Langston Hughes, late 1950s
(photo Chuck Stewart via USA Today)
Poet and activist Maya Angelou died this morning. She was 86. I first became aware of her when she read her poem "On the Pulse of Morning" at Bill Clinton's inauguration, but her life encompassed far more than the works that made her famous.

Civil rights activist, actor and playwright, club entertainer, and occasionally author banned from library shelves (always a high honor in my opinion), Angelou had more to say than many of the rest of us, and said it so very, very finely. See the wiki.
Posted by Steve Bates at 4:44 PM
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  1. L'Enfant de la Haute MerMay 29, 2014 at 1:05 AM

    Maya Angelou dies aged 86: Famed poet and author passes away at her home
    http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/maya-angelou-dead-author-and-poet-dies-aged-86-9446906.html
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    Obituary: Maya Angelou
    http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-23514894
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    Author, poet, rights activist Maya Angelou dies at 86
    http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/05/28/us-people-angelou-idUSKBN0E81E520140528
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    Maya Angelou: ‘Still I Rise’ (video)
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_muacudzsI

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  2. L'Enfant de la Haute MerMay 29, 2014 at 3:16 AM

    Poet, author Maya Angelou dies at 86
    http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/05/28/world/politics-diplomacy-world/poet-author-maya-angelou-dies-86/#.U4bsfnbm4mg

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