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Maya Angelou: A Dream Realized?

Posted in Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln, Barack and Michelle Obama, Kennedys, the, Maya Angelou, PEOPLE, Rosa Parks; Malcolm X, tagged "I Have a Dream" speech, Abraham Lincoln, American civil rights movement, American Civil War, American history, American slavery, Barack Obama, biographies of African-American writers, biographies of African-Americans, biographies of statesmen, biography of women writers, civil rights movement, death of Maya Angelou, Dr. Martin Luther King, John F. Kennedy, Jr., Jr.'s granddaughter, Lincoln Memorial, lynching, Malcolm X, March on Washington, Maya Angelou, pictures of Dr. Martin Luther King, pictures of michelle obama, Rosa Parks, the Emancipation Proclamation, the Gettysburg Address, the Kennedys, Trayvon Martin, Yolanda King on May 31, 2014| 2 Comments »

On Aug. 28, 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. stood on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial and delivered his rousing, “I Have a Dream” speech to over 250,000 civil rights supporters gathered for the March on Washington. The speech calls for an end to racism in America. It was considered by many to be the most […]

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Maya Angelou: Waking Up With Happy Hair!

Posted in Barack and Michelle Obama, LITERATURE, EDUCATION, & REFORM, Maya Angelou, PEOPLE, POLITICS & GOV'T, tagged Bill Clinton, biographies of African-American women, biographies of African-American writers, biographies of women, clinton's 1993 inauguration, Hillary Clinton, Maya Angelou, maya angelou and politics, maya angelou and the clintons, maya angelou's death, obamas and maya angelou, Oprah Winfrey, pictures of michelle obama, pictures of obamas and maya angelou, presidential medal of freedom and maya angelou, pulse of the morning on May 31, 2014| Leave a Comment »

American writer Maya Angelou (1928-2014) had deep political ties with the Clintons. In 1993, she read her poem, “Pulse of the Morning” at Bill Clinton’s inauguration. Both she and Bill were from Arkansas. In 2008, she supported Hillary Clinton in the Democratic primary race for the U.S. presidency against Barack Obama, a fellow African-American. It was […]

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Maya Angelou: Boogie Down, Baby!

Posted in Langston Hughes, Maya Angelou, PEOPLE, tagged A Negro Speaks of Rivers, Amiri Baraka, biographies of African-American women, biographies of African-American writers, biographies of women, black poets, Harlem, Harlem Renaissance, Langston Hughes, Langston Hughes building, Langston Hughes cosmogram, Langston Hughes meets Maya Angelou, Maya Angelou, Picture of Maya Angelou dancing, pictures of Maya Angelou, Schomburg Center on May 30, 2014| 1 Comment »

African-American writer Maya Angelou died this week at age 86. Starting Friday, May 31, 2014, the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem, New York City, will showcase a collection of her papers, manuscripts and letters. Maya Angelou is no stranger to the Schomburg Center. In 1991, the Schomburg expanded to include a new addition […]

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