Words of deep respect at Maya Angelou's memorial
- 10 years ago
ROUGH CUT (NO REPORTER NARRATION)
Former President Bill Clinton and Opera Winfrey were among the speakers honoring poet, author and civil rights champion Maya Angelou at a private memorial service at Wake Forest University in North Carolina on Saturday (June 7).
Angelou wrote the poem "On the Pulse of Morning" and read it at Clinton's first presidential inauguration in 1993.
She was 86 when she died at her home on May 28.
Angelou was best known for her 1969 autobiography "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings," about growing up in the segregated South. That pioneering work helped give black women writers a literary voice and became a reading list staple in American classrooms.
The memoir was among a body of work including more than 30 books of fiction and poetry produced by Angelou during her prodigious career. She also was a Tony-nominated stage actress, Grammy Award winner for three spoken-word albums, civil rights activist, streetcar conductor, Calypso singer
Former President Bill Clinton and Opera Winfrey were among the speakers honoring poet, author and civil rights champion Maya Angelou at a private memorial service at Wake Forest University in North Carolina on Saturday (June 7).
Angelou wrote the poem "On the Pulse of Morning" and read it at Clinton's first presidential inauguration in 1993.
She was 86 when she died at her home on May 28.
Angelou was best known for her 1969 autobiography "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings," about growing up in the segregated South. That pioneering work helped give black women writers a literary voice and became a reading list staple in American classrooms.
The memoir was among a body of work including more than 30 books of fiction and poetry produced by Angelou during her prodigious career. She also was a Tony-nominated stage actress, Grammy Award winner for three spoken-word albums, civil rights activist, streetcar conductor, Calypso singer