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Maya Angelou (/ ˈ æ n dʒ ə l oʊ / ⓘ AN-jə-loh; [1] [2] born Marguerite Annie Johnson; April 4, 1928 – May 28, 2014) was an American memoirist, poet, and civil rights activist. She published seven autobiographies, three books of essays, several books of poetry, and is credited with a list of plays, movies, and television shows spanning ...
We Had Him" is a poem written by Maya Angelou about Michael Jackson. [1] [2] The poem was written for Jackson's memorial service on July 7, 2009, and read there by Queen Latifah [3] in front of the approximately 2.5 to 3 billion worldwide viewers watching the memorial service. [4] [5]
By EMERY P. DALESIO Associated Press WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) -- First lady Michelle Obama lauded poet, orator and sage Maya Angelou as the first person who let her know she could be a strong and ...
A public memorial service for Michael Jackson was held on July 7, 2009, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California, twelve days after his death.The event was preceded by a private family service at Forest Lawn Memorial Park's Hall of Liberty in Hollywood Hills, and followed by a gathering in Beverly Hills for Jackson's family and close friends.
Maya Angelou reads a poem during the inauguration of Bill Clinton in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 20, 1993. Credit - Larry Morris—The Washington Post via Getty Images The flattening of Angelou in ...
Maya Angelou's brilliant writing has touched hearts and impacted readers around the world. The late writer, activist, and poet had a penchant for capturing the most precious moments of human ...
Critic Mary Jane Lupton states that "Angelou's ultimate greatness will be attributed" to her most well-known poem, "On the Pulse of Morning", and that Angelou's "theatrical" performance of it, as seen when she recited it, at the 1993 inauguration of Bill Clinton, used skills she learned as an actor and speaker, marking a return to the African ...
Vusumzi L. Make (1931 – 15 April 2006) [1] was a South African civil rights activist and lawyer. [2] He and the American poet Maya Angelou met in 1961, [3] [4] lived together in Cairo, Egypt, before parting ways in 1962.