“We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.” Maya Angelou has become one of the most famous and well-known female African American poets of our time, and these words convey how her strength and character as she refused to let herself become defeated during a time where race and sex were a ...
In this essay Angelou discusses all of the emotions she experienced while attending her middle school graduation at the segregated school Lafayette County Training School in Stamps, Arkansas. Angelou first experienced excitement and happiness as the time for graduation approached, followed by disappointment and animosity, and then finally the revitalization of her accomplishments and the ...
In a celebrity fascinated world such as ours today, the images of strong, educated, grounded and spiritual women are close to none. We have popular women rappers today, who under the guise of art and music call themselves poets. Many of the women in Hollywood are considered and attractive, but they lack the grace and ...
Maya Angelou is a Poet, Author and Playwright who has written six moving autobiographies, and numerous books, plays and publications. She also was an American Civil Rights Activist. It is especially difficult for me to write about Maya as she creates a masterpiece every time she puts pin to paper. I could only pray to ...