Tributes pour in for Maya Angelou

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Maya Angelou 'the brightest light' says Barack Obama

WASHINGTON: -- US President Barack Obama has led the tributes to Maya Angelou, describing the poet, author and activist as "one of the brightest lights of our time".

He hailed Angelou, who has died aged 86, as "a brilliant writer, a fierce friend and a truly phenomenal woman".

She made her name with the memoir I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, which charted a childhood of oppression and abuse in the Deep South in the 1930s.

Her family described her as "a warrior for equality, tolerance and peace".

Full story: http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-27606776


-- BBC 2014-05-29

[RuamRudy]

Weekend Glory

...

My life ain't heaven
but it sure ain't hell.
I'm not on top
but I call it swell
if I'm able to work
and get paid right
and have the luck to be Black
on a Saturday night.

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/weekend-glory/

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Maya Angelou

Who?

[RuamRudy]

Maya Angelou

Who?

She was a very inspirational black American poet and author; she wrote about the struggles of life and the need to stay above it all.

[Ulysses G.]

I enjoyed "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings." I don't think that I read anything else that she wrote.