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Angelou

[ an-juh-loo ]

noun

  1. Ѳ·ⲹ [mah, -y, uh], Marguerite Johnson, 1928–2014, U.S. writer, playwright, and performer.


Angelou

/ ˈæԻəː /

noun

  1. AngelouMaya1928FUSWRITING: novelistWRITING: poetTHEATRE: dramatist Maya, real name Marguerite Johnson. born 1928, US Black novelist, poet, and dramatist. Her works include the autobiographical novel I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1970) and its sequels
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Maya Angelou says something like that — it’s not just me, it’s all my ancestors, all these other people giving me strength and courage to speak.

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Music and politics collide head-on near the end of the film, when Lincoln helps lead a group of 60 protesters — including Roach, Maya Angelou and Paul Robeson — as they loudly disrupt a meeting of the U.N.

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Manual Arts 79, Maya Angelou 44: Devin Moody had 33 points and 14 rebounds for Manual Arts.

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Parks, who was head coach at Maya Angelou in the City Section for five years, is bringing with him four Verbum Dei graduates as assistants.

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Look at what our grandmothers’ prayers have wrought, she beamed in anthologies she curated and massive group readings she coordinated to give writer-friends Angelou, Toni Morrison and E. Lynn Harris and actors Ruby Dee and Novella Nelson their flowers while they lived and to comfort those left behind when beloved poet Lucille Clifton departed too soon.

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