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Chronicles of Greatness (24c) Maya Angelou
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MAYA ANGELOU (1928 – 2014)
“If you have only one smile in you, give it to the people you love. Don't be surly at home, then go out in the street and start grinning Good morning at total strangers.”
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Maya Angelou
Her other autobiographies: All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes (1986) and A Song Flung Up to Heaven (2002). Despite this autobiographies I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings she wrote in 1969 continued to stand out. One of her collections of poetry: Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'Fore I Die (1971). This poem was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. January 1993, Maya wrote "On the Pulse of Morning," a poem she wrote specially for and recited at President Bill Clinton's inaugural ceremony. Angelou won a Grammy Award (best spoken word album) for the audio version of the same poem.
In 1995, Angelou was applauded for remaining on The New York Times' paperback nonfiction best-seller list for two years. In 1998, Angelou made her directorial debut with Down in the Delta, starring Alfre Woodard.
Her inspirational books: Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now (1994), Letter to My Daughter (2008).
Her Cook books: Hallelujah! The Welcome Table: A Lifetime of Memories With Recipes (2005) and Great Food, All Day Long (2010).
Accolades: Chicago International Film Festival's (1998), Audience Choice Award and a nod from the Acapulco Black Film Festival (1999) for Down in the Delta among many others
....To be continued.
Maya Angelou. (2015). The Biography.com website. Retrieved 01:07, Jul 29, 2015, from http://www.biography.com/people/maya-angelou-9185388 style="color: #000000;">.
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