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June 9, 2014

Maya Angelou Honored at North Carolina Memorial 
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The writer and activist Maya Angelou was remembered Saturday at a
memorial service in North Carolina. Angelou died last month at the age
of 86. First Lady Michelle Obama, former President Bill Clinton and
media mogul Oprah Winfrey were among the dignitaries to honor Angelou at
Winston-Salem's Wake Forest University, where she taught for three
decades. Obama said Angelou had championed African-American women like
no one before.

Michelle Obama: "She showed us that eventually if we stay true to who we
are then the world would embrace us. And she did this not just for black
women but for all women, for all human beings. She taught us that it is
OK to be your regular old self, whatever that is. Your poor self, your
broken self, your brilliant, bold, phenomenal self. That was Maya
Angelou's reach."

 

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