Saturday, June 7, 2014
Rising Joy "celebration" / Memorial service at Wake Forest University, NC
from WAKE FOREST University main home page (www.wfu.edu/):
A celebration of rising joy
The Wake Forest University community and guests from around the world gathered today at the invitation of Dr. Maya Angelou’s family to celebrate the beloved poet, author, actress, civil rights activist and Wake Forest’s Reynolds Professor of American Studies. Dr. Angelou passed away on May 28, 2014 in Winston-Salem, NC at the age of 86. ___ Weblink provides video-audio of the service (Saturday, June 7, 2014).
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from NPR dot-org -- some of the speakers/speech excerpts:
At a memorial service for Maya Angelou this weekend at Wake Forest University, first lady Michelle Obama, former President Bill Clinton and talk show host Oprah Winfrey eulogized the poet and activist who died last month at age 86. "At a time when there were such stifling constraints on how black women could exist in the world, she serenely disregarded all the rules with fiercely passionate, unapologetic self," Obama said. "She was comfortable in every last inch of her glorious brown skin." Winfrey, who sobbed openly during her speech, said, "I cannot fill her shoes, but I can walk in her footsteps."
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