Famed American author, historian and civil rights activist Maya Angelou passed away today at age 86. Angelou is best known for her 1969 memoir of growing up in the Jim Crow south, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. The above video was recorded in 2006, on the third anniversary of Rachel Corrie’s death.
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May she rest in peace, and her voice continue to be heard by the ones who can/will listen.
She will forever remain a heroine of mine.
Goodbye dearest Maya. You gave us so much truth and light and beauty. R.I.P wondrous lady.
i stumble upon this
at Mrs Coretta Scott King’s funeral 2006
The poet Maya Angelou remembered Mrs. King as both a friend and a proponent of peace. “She cherished her race,” Ms. Angelou said. “She cherished women. She cared for gay and straight people. She prayed nightly for Palestine and equally for Israel.”
http://pages.citebite.com/r3f3f0l0s0pfl
and then there’s Debbie Schlussel hateful racist diatribe
Maya Angelou, Racist, US-Hating, Anti-Semitic Nutjob, Most Overrated Crappy Writer, RIH
http://www.debbieschlussel.com/71859/maya-angelou-racist-us-hating-anti-semitic-nutjob-most-overrated-crappy-writer-rih/
i can’t bring myself to copy and paste any of schlussel vile print it’s that bad.
another disgusting person who is a supporter of Israel
Maya rocked the world with her inspirational words and life. Saw and heard her speak in Memorial Auditorium on the campus of Ohio University in Athens Ohio some years back. She blew the roof off the place with her soul shaking words. Intelligent, powerful and unapologetic….Thank you Maya you rocked the world with your insights..How wonderful of her to read Rachel Corrie’s words. Rachel who put compassion into action and then paid with her life for it. May they both rest in peace
She did so much for women, the disenfranchised everywhere, the poor, the downtrodden, African Americans and the human race. She wrote/spoke as a true humanitarian, activist, and teacher.
“And Still I Rise” is inspirational in very many ways. It so often makes me think of yes– Palestinians– and the many, many other victims of US aggression and hypocrisy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqOqo50LSZ0