Maya Angelou
Author and Poet
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Oprah announces end of talk show...campaign. Winfrey's empire also includes magazines, books and a satellite radio station - Oprah Radio - with presenters including Dr Maya Angelou and sex therapist Dr Laura Berman. Winfrey's support for Obama was seen as crucial to his... In this article: Oprah Winfrey, US, Michael Jackson, Barack Obama, Tom Cruise, The Oprah Winfrey Show, Joint venture, Oprah's Book Club, Discovery Health Channel, and Discovery Communications |
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Colorado Springs Gazette | 2 days ago
NOREEN: Economic development would be a good idea
...and wellness and (5) emerging industries and entrepreneurs. The study said the community has lacked leadership and collaboration and Angelou urged his listeners "to become a citizen of your community, not to be just a resident. " Pam...
In this article: Mahatma Gandhi, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, Pikes Peak, and Colorado Springs
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Metro | 3 days ago
Not much news in Angelou's Letter To My Daughter
Letter To My Daughter by Maya Angelou (Virago, GBP12.99) By SIOBHAN MURPHY - Wednesday, November 18, 2009 Maya Angelou author, poet, teacher, performer, playwright, director, stage and screen producer (deep breath), and civil rights...
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SFGate: Entertainment | 5 days ago
Revel and revival meeting all in one
...nipped over from the Rrazz Room; the Opera's musical director, Nicola Luisotti, conducted Opera musicians in "Fanfare for the Common Man"; Maya Angelou stunningly sang "Don't You Let Nobody Turn You 'Round"; nine dancers in Alonzo King's...
In this article: Cecil Williams, Al Gore, Don Lattin, Fort Hood, Rich Aurilia, and Paul Pelosi
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Guardian Unlimited | 7 days ago
Maya Angelou: 'I'm fine as wine'
...Be certain that you do not die without having done something wonderful for humanity." I have met Angelou before, in 2002 in Los Angeles where she was performing. It was a great day. We had lunch and drank whiskey in her chauffeur-driven...
In this article: Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, St Louis, Los Angeles, Martin Luther King, and Ideology
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Fox News | November 13, 2009
San Francisco Celebrates 45 Years of Glide's Rev. Williams
...so it's a nice event," said Newsom. Perhaps the person who summed up the man and his mission the best was poet Maya Angelou. "I would come down to Glide and hang around and be a part of the people who got the chance to feed somebody...
In this article: Cecil Williams, San Francisco, and Gavin Newsom
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AP Online | November 10, 2009
Maya Angelou, Rihanna among Glamour mag's honorees
...to their feet. Women, Angelou told the crowd in her speech, "are rainbows in the clouds." "I am grateful to be a woman," said Angelou, who won the lifetime achievement award. "I must have done something great in another life." As...
In this article: Rihanna, Susan Rice, Amy Poehler, Stella McCartney, Bill Clinton, Chris Brown, Matt Lauer, Serena Williams, and Google Inc.
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Description from Wikipedia:
Maya Angelou (pronounced: /ˈmaɪ.ə ˈændʒəloʊ/; born Marguerite Ann Johnson on April 4, 1928) is an American autobiographer and poet. Having been called "America's most visible black female autobiographer" by scholar Joanne M. Braxton, she is best known for her series of six autobiographies, which focus on her childhood and early adulthood experiences. The first, best-known, and most highly acclaimed, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969), focuses on the first seventeen years of her life, brought her international recognition, and was nominated for a National Book Award.
Angelou has had a long and varied career, holding jobs such as fry cook, dancer, actress, journalist, educator, television producer, and film director. She was a member of the Harlem Writers Guild in the late 1950s. She was active in the Civil Rights movement, and served as Northern Coordinator of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Angelou has been highly honored for her body of work, including being awarded over 30 honorary degrees and the nomination of a Pulitzer Prize for her 1971 volume of poetry, Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'Fore I Diiie. Since the 1990s, she has had a busy career on the lecture circuit, making about 80 appearances a year. Since 1991, Angelou has taught at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, as recipient of the first lifetime Reynolds Professorship of American Studies. In 1993, she recited her poem "On the Pulse of Morning" at President Bill Clinton's inauguration, the first poet to make an inaugural recitation since Robert Frost at John F. Kennedy's inauguration in 1961. In 1995, she was recognized for having the longest-running record (two years) on The New York Times Paperback Nonfiction Bestseller List.
- Name At Birth:
- Marguerite Ann Johnson
- Birth Date:
- April 04, 1928
- Birthplace:
- Saint Louis, Missouri, U.S.
- Nationality:
- American
- Occupation:
- Poet, dancer, film producer, television producer, playwright, film director, author, actress
- Website:
- http://www.mayaangelou.com
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