By MARGALIT FOXMAY 28, 2014 The New York Times – Maya Angelou, the memoirist and poet whose landmark book of 1969, “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” — which describes in lyrical, unsparing prose her childhood in the Jim Crow South — was among the first autobiographies by a 20th-century black woman to reach […]
WORDS MATTER: King Out of Context – Just Fix It! – By Julianne Malveaux
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was anything but an “arrogant twit”. Yet Dr. Maya Angelou called it entirely correctly when she said that one of the quotes engraved on the side of the new memorial to Dr. King portrays the man as a braggart, not the humble servant leader that he was. “I was a […]
Rep. John Lewis, Maya Angelou, and President GW Bush Receive Medal of Freedom
The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the nation’s highest civilian honor presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. The honorees are: • Former President George H.W. Bus • Chancellor Angela […]
CBC Foundation to Honor Alice Walker and Robert Townsend
The Celebration of Leadership in Fine Arts Hosted by Sheryl Lee Ralph Also Honors Student Scholarship Winners WASHINGTON – The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation (CBCF) and the Congressional Black Caucus Spouses will recognize the contributions of two outstanding individuals in the visual and performing arts, as well as students pursuing careers and opportunities in those […]