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RIP Maya Angelou

sadiejane1981
sadiejane1981 Posts: 9,012
in Not Sports Related
Civil rights activist and award winning author dies aged 86.

http://globalgrind.com/tag/maya-angelou/

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  • Absurdistan
    Absurdistan Posts: 8,024
    R.I.P.
  • AddickUpNorth
    AddickUpNorth Posts: 8,325
    A truly inspiring lady. RIP.
  • Mckforester
    Mckforester Posts: 851
    Her writings live on. RIP
  • Algarveaddick
    Algarveaddick Posts: 21,173
    RIP - What a fascinating and important life she had.
  • LoOkOuT
    LoOkOuT Posts: 10,867
    RIP. Seems out of the blue.
  • TelMc32
    TelMc32 Posts: 9,064
    An amazing and truly inspiring lady. Rest in Peace Miss Angelou.
  • seriously_red
    seriously_red Posts: 5,741
    Some inspiring quotes on the Web RIP
  • stilladdicted
    stilladdicted Posts: 4,307
    edited May 2014
    “Hoping for the best, prepared for the worst, and unsurprised by anything in between.”
    ― Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
    RIP you beautiful woman.
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 22,980
    edited May 2014
    RIP. Didn't know much about her until today but seems I should have, by all accounts a talented, brave and fascinating lady.
  • Rob
    Rob Posts: 11,838
    RIP. An amazing lady and with SF Bay Area ties as well. A fascinating story on Wikipedia.

    This is the event that plotted her eventual life path......

    When she was eight Angelou was sexually abused and raped by her mother's boyfriend, a man named Freeman. She told her brother, who told the rest of their family. Freeman was found guilty but was jailed for only one day. Four days after his release, he was murdered, probably by Angelou's uncles. Angelou became mute for almost five years, believing, as she stated, "I thought, my voice killed him; I killed that man, because I told his name. And then I thought I would never speak again, because my voice would kill anyone ..." According to Marcia Ann Gillespie and her colleagues, who wrote a biography about Angelou, it was during this period of silence when Angelou developed her extraordinary memory, her love for books and literature, and her ability to listen and observe the world around her.

    RIP






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  • aliwibble
    aliwibble Posts: 26,471
    stilladdicted said:

    “Hoping for the best, prepared for the worst, and unsurprised by anything in between.”

    Should be our motto on here quite frankly.
  • Brendan_O_Connell
    Brendan_O_Connell Posts: 8,938
    RIP
  • seth plum
    seth plum Posts: 53,448
    RIP
  • Richard J
    Richard J Posts: 8,034
    RIP

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