Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou: 'The Disparities Are Embarrassing' In Minority Health Care

HuffingtonPost.com | Jessica Cumberbatch Anderson | Posted 05.16.2012

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Wisdom comes with age, and at 84 years old, Maya Angelou has lots of wisdom. But she says she picked up her most valuable piece of wisdom early on. "I...

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PHOTOS: In Honor Of Maya Angelou

Posted 04.04.2012

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Today marks the 84th birthday of world renowned poet and author, Dr. Maya Angelou. For decades Angelou has not only penetrated through African-America...

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What Maya Angelou Would Tell Her 15-Year-Old Self

Posted 02.23.2012

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Maya Angelou -- renowned writer, actress and civil rights activist -- kicked off "CBS This Morning's" new series "Note To Self" with a letter to her 1...

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Maya Angelou Home Following Brief Hospitalization

AP | Posted 04.22.2012

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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- Nationally renowned poet Maya Angelou is recovering from a brief illness that forced her to cancel a planned speech in Texas. ...

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WATCH: 'Maya Angelou' Punks Stephen King, Jonathan Franzen On SNL

Posted 02.21.2012

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She's a Pulitzer Prize nominee and a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and now, in this Saturday Night Live clip, she's also the host of...

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Maya Angelou On Why Black History Month Still Matters

HuffingtonPost.com | Christina Norman | Posted 02.14.2012

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Dr. Maya Angelou says you have no way of knowing where you're going if you don't know where you've been. "The more you know of your history," she said...

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Not Everyone Happy With MLK Memorial Inscription Change

The Huffington Post | Posted 04.11.2012

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WASHINGTON -- A controversial truncated inscription on the Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial that critics say makes the slain civil rights lead...

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Maya Angelou: Nina Simone Spoke The Anguish Of Racial Prejudice

Posted 02.02.2012

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With Black History Month in full swing, this month also marks the 79th birthday (February 21) of Nina Simone. In addition to the celebration of Simone...

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FLOTUS And Celebs Dazzle At BET Honors (PHOTOS)

Reuters | Lily Kuo | Posted 03.16.2012

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By Lily Kuo WASHINGTON (Reuters) -First Lady Michelle Obama took the stage at an awards ceremony Saturday with poet Maya Angelou, perfo...

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Report: Quote On MLK Memorial Will Be Changed

AP | JESSICA GRESKO | Posted 03.14.2012

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WASHINGTON — A quote carved in stone on the new Martin Luther King Jr. memorial in Washington will be changed after the inscription was criticiz...

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Maya Angelou Is Not Happy With Common's Use Of The N-Word

Posted 12.19.2011

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World Book Night Giving Away 1 Million Free Books, Needs YOUR Help

Posted 12.14.2011

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Ever heard of World Book Night? If not, you will. Because they want your help to give away free books. WBN first launched in the UK last year. It t...

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BET Announce 2012 'Honors' Recipients

Posted 12.13.2011

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"BET Honors" the cable network's annual celebration of African Americans who have achieved greatness in music, the arts and education, returns next mo...

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SLIDESHOW: Etsy Artist Paints Colbert, Fey, Angelou, Other Inspring People For Charity

HuffingtonPost.com | Anna Bahr | Posted 11.19.2011

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Last April, artist Ryan Wollard was fed up. Programs for the arts and teaching programs were being cut left and right, and labor unions were under att...

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Maya Angelou Says Quote In MLK Memorial Out Of Context

AP | Posted 10.31.2011

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Poet and author Maya Angelou is taking issue with a paraphrased quotation from Martin Luther King Jr. inscribed in his new memorial...

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Angelou: Inscription On MLK Monument Makes Civil Rights Leader Look 'Arrogant'

The Washington Post | Posted 10.31.2011

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On Feb. 4, 1968, two months before he was assassinated, Martin Luther King Jr. delivered a haunting sermon at Atlanta’s Ebenezer Baptist Church abou...

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Top 10 Aural and Poetic Delights

Rick Holland | Posted 08.31.2011

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"Poetry" does not only live in established poetic institutions and counter institutions. It exists precisely and exactly wherever you sense it.

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The Island Of Herman Melville, The State Of Cormac McCarthy: Literary Map Of America

Posted 06.22.2011

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Would you rather live in the state of Black Elk or Maya Angelou instead of Montana or Arkansas? The island of Melville looks a little cold, so instead...

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Dr. Maya Angelou Launches Black History Month Special

Theo Spielberg | Posted 05.25.2011

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Angelou's first-ever radio public program features special guests Chris Rock, Cornell West, Common and Lee Daniels. It is a great American patchwork, a quilt woven of parables, historical anecdotes, autobiography, song, and poetry.

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A Home For Maya Angelou In Harlem

John Lundberg | Posted 11.17.2011

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Maya Angelou is a hugely popular poet of the people at a time when poetry is not hugely popular, and, though she teaches, she is not a poet of academia.

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Interview: How Libraries Changed Maya Angelou's Life

The New York Public Library | Posted 05.25.2011

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When legendary poet, author, and playwright Dr. Maya Angelou was a young girl, she truly believed that her words killed a man.

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Phenomenally Yours: A Sit-Down With Dr. Maya Angelou

Cheryl Wills | Posted 05.25.2011

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When I walked into her plush, brightly decorated Harlem brownstone on a hot day last month, Dr. Maya Angelou was seated on a fire-engine-red chair and was the picture of health.

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Dr. Dorothy Height's Funeral: Lifting Her to Heaven

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011

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After almost a century of Dorothy Height making this country and world a more just, equal, and hopeful place she is now in heaven, and the rest of us are now going to have to step it up down here.

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Dorothy Height Funeral: Obama Honors 'Godmother' Of Civil Rights Movement

AP | JULIE PACE | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Recognizing his debt to her quiet perseverance, an emotional President Barack Obama eulogized Dorothy Height as a humble champion o...

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Soulstrip: A Short Book Review

2morrowknight | Posted 05.25.2011

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Soulstrip is for the global citizen whose dream is about connectedness and a healthy respect for all shades of humanity.

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