She's A Novelist, Educator, Movie Director, Actress, Journalist, Dancer, Screenwriter, Playwright And Poet. And Of The Countless Writings She Has Produced, Dr, Maya Angelou Is Still Most Associated With The First And Most Famous Of Her Six-Volume Series Of Autobiographies, I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings, Published April 16, 1970.
A Popular And Controversial Work, I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings Deals, Poignantly, With The Topics Of s*x Racism And Religion, Among Others.It Appears Third On TheAmerican Literary Association's List Of The 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books Of 1990–2000 Caged BirdWas Nominated For A National Book Award in 1970 And Remained On The New York Times Best Seller List For Two Years. Maya Angelou Has Had A Very Interesting Life. At The Age Of 15, She Became The First Black Streetcar Conductor In San Francisco. She Appeared In The Opera, Porgy And Bess In 1954, And Taught At The University Of Ghana From 1963 To 1967.
She Worked As An Editor For TheArab Observer, An English-Language Weekly Published in CairoAnd Authored The BLACK FAMILY PLEDGE. She Was Nominated For An Emmy, For Her Role As Kunta Kinte's Grandmother In The Television Milestone, Roots. And In 1975, Ladies Home Journal Named Her "Woman Of The Year" In Communications. In January 1993 She Was Invited To President Bill Clinton's Inauguration, Where She Read A Poem She Wrote Especially For That Event. The Poem Was Titled "On The Pulse Of Morning,"And Broadcast To Millions Around The Globe. Dr. Angelou Has Received Over 30 Honorary Degrees And Is CurrentlyReynolds Professor Of American StudiesAtWake Forest University,In Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
"Still I Rise"
"In Order For Black History To Live, We Must Continue To Breathe Life Into it." -- Hubert Gaddy, Jr.
The BLACK IN TIME ONLINE RESOURCE CENTER FOR BLACK HISTORY & CULTURE
"Maya Angelou has shown a side of us that thrives no matter what. Her words and writings are truly blessed." Thank you Gaddy.
Friday, April 16th 2010 at 9:59AM
MIISRAEL Bride
THANKS GADDY.... YOU SHOULD HAVE DEDICATED THIS TO ALL OF THE PHENOMENAL WOMEN.... She along with Cicely Tyson, Leona Horne and Ruby Dee.... Makes Me So Proud to be the Black Woman I AM!!!
Friday, April 16th 2010 at 1:24PM
Cynthia Merrill Artis
STILL I RISE...(SMILE)
GADDY, i ALSO LOVE MY SLEF SOME PEOPLES FROM " N.C." LOL
Thursday, April 10th 2014 at 6:47PM
ROBINSON IRMA
GADDY, I can not tell anyone how proud and honored I was when I channeled surfed to cspan and saw the number 42...as the people in this department in Washington D.C. were gathered to discuss the budget of our supreme court...
Then the chairman of the committee explained what that number 42 was that was hanging off and over the edge of where they were seated...He said this #42 represents the day of 4-15, the day that Jackie Robinson step out on the baseball field with this number 42 on his jersey and changed our country forever!!!!!!("I" am still grinning ear to ear here hours later)
Naturally, my mind when straight to you, Gaddy. lol (smile)AND STILL I RISE...
Thursday, April 10th 2014 at 6:47PM
ROBINSON IRMA
MIISREAL, have you gotten more of your inspiring poems to her again yet? You know I will stay on you about this.(smile)
STILL I RISE...
Thursday, April 10th 2014 at 6:47PM
ROBINSON IRMA
