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The U.S. Mint on Monday announced it has begun shipping out the first coins in its American Women Quarters Program, with the late poet and novelist Maya Angelou becoming the first Black woman to be depicted on the quarter. ....
And one of the most powerful voices of the african-americans in the 60s. her collection of poetry, and her collection of poetry, phenomenal woman. she has a birthday that for years she refused to celebrate because it fell on the same date as the assassination of dr. martin luther king. as a child, angelou was raped by her mother s boyfriend tried and later convicted by murdered before he could serve b his sentence believing her words caused his death angelou did not speak for another five years. she later told this story in her widely read memoir and the six vunls that followed. she also wrote music, plays within screen plays and received an emmy nod in the role 1980 series roots. but despite all that she gained widest acclaim in 1993 when she delivered the poem on the pulse of morning at president clinton s first inauguration. ....
Two literary giants i try to read a couple books, the same books over every year because it reminds me what it is to be a great writer and what it is to be a great person. maya angelou is this. i also collect vinyl. i have a vinyl album by maya angelou when she sang cal lip sew. she s done so many things from broadway to being the first woman ever to read a poem do you remember on the pulse of morning, when she did that for president clinton. it was one of the first times that people would say, i thought a poem was supposed to rhyme. i think the larger culture found out about maya angelou, not that she needed to be found out, but to oprah winfrey she was oprah s mentor and she would be on the oprah show all the time giving such great wisdom. this is indeed an incredible ....
Memoirist and poet, a single mother, dancer, singer, filmmaker. it s difficult to know where to start when trying to sum up the life of maya angelou. she passed away this morning at the age of 86 of undisclosed causes. she s left behind a footprint of size of the century she was born in. her most famous for her memoir i know why the caged bird sing angelou taught americans that the lives of poor, black women were important, memorable, and exceptional. malcolm x and dr. martin luther king jr., to her unforgettable appearance at bill clinton s first inauguration. today the former president remembered her in a statement that read in part, with maya angelou s passing are america has lost a national treasure, and hillary and i a beloved friend. i will always be grateful for her electrifying reading of on the pulse of morning at my inauguration, and the years of friendship that followed. president obama joined in the ....