Maya Angelou
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That’s my point. My point has been – and that’s it, I haven’t said this publicly to anybody -- that, like, you talk about Toni Morrison, or you talk about Maya Angelou, you talk about these black women, they grew up in a church, most of them. She didn’t. She grew up in a Hyde Park kind-of Jack and Jill, links, middle income, who think they’re middle-class, environment. She didn’t go to church.
When someone shows you their true colors, believe them.
I think it was Maya Angelou that said. 'We are only as blind as we want to be.'More quotes »
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Maya Angelou 'Seriously Affected' by Brooks & Dunn Split
Maya Angelou may be one of the world's most famous authors, but when she isn't putting pen to paper, she enjoys cooking, reading -- and especially listening to country music. "I like some young singers," she tells Parade magazine. "I like Jennifer Nettle 1:16 PM from The Boot Read more »
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Maya Angelou's Favorite Things: Activism, Gratitude and Country Music
Maya Angelou has taken on many roles over the years. She’s been a singer, dancer, actress, composer, and Hollywood's first female black director (Down in Delta), but she’s most famous for her work as a writer and poet. Her latest project hits close to ho from PARADE Magazine Read more »
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Speaking for Herself
“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.” — Maya Angelou In ways both large and small, Schuyler is learning to advocate for her own self-interests. A few weeks ago, she attended her first IEP meeting. It’s true that we’ve falle from Suport For Special Needs Read more »
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Literary figure Kathi Goldmark dead at 63
SAN FRANCISCO, May 27 (UPI) -- U.S. author and country-rock singer Kathi Kamen Goldmark died in San Francisco after a long battle with breast cancer, friends and family said. She was 63. Goldmark, whom the Los Angeles Times book blog called "a beloved fi from United Press International Read more »
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Where a Career in Hip-Hop Starts With a Court Sentence
Less than two years ago, Torey Baker was an 18-year-old high-school dropout facing prison time for robbery. When a judge in the Bronx sentenced him instead to six months in an alternative program, plus probation, he considered himself lucky. But he didn’ from The New York Times Read more »
