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NEWS ABOUT: Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou stories: 3 news summaries

 Angelou Alive, 
 Well, Despite 
 Reports 

TMZ reports poet's illness, Twitterers add 'RIP'

Oct 5, 09 1:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - Contrary to reports by TMZ and scores of Tweets and re-Tweets, Maya Angelou is alive and well. The gossip site reported over the weekend that the poet missed a Los Angeles awards show because she had been hospitalized. In fact, she hadn't been invited to the presentation. The mix-up exhibited... More »

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social networking • literature • TMZ • poetry • Maya Angelou • Twitter

OPINION

 Angelou 
 on Michelle: 
 Welcome the 
 'Real Deal' 



Poet celebrates future first lady as 'the real deal'

Jan 18, 09 10:52 AM CST
(Newser) - North Carolina, the state that gave us Jesse Helms and more than a few Klan members, went wild for Michelle Obama at a September rally as a stunned Maya Angelou watched, the poet recalls in the Washington Post. People of all races gave a thunderous welcome to the next... More »

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Barack Obama • Michelle Obama • North Carolina • Maya Angelou • first lady

African History Endures in Downtown NY

Monument on site of burial ground honors slaves, free blacks

Oct 5, 07 6:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - Concealed for centuries beneath what are now Manhattan skyscrapers, a burial ground uncovered in 1991 teemed with life today as a ceremony honoring African and African American people and their histories marked the dedication of a $50 million granite memorial. "Now we have an opportunity to right some of... More »

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Sidney Poitier • New York City • slavery • Maya Angelou • Avery Brooks • Rodney Leon

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