Associated PressNovember 13, 2024
'A restriction of access is a restriction on one’s freedom to read.'
Tag: Maya AngelouThe Sam M. Gibbons United States Courthouse is located at 801 North Florida Ave., in Tampa, Fla. (Brooke Johnson/Fresh Take Florida)
Associated PressNovember 13, 2024
Guest AuthorJune 3, 2016
7min215
“History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again.” — Maya Angelou. In 1977, before VCRs became ubiquitous, “Roots” seized America by the throat — and never let go. Over eight nights, the trailblazing TV miniseries chronicled the struggle of kidnapped African Kunta Kinte and his descendants […]
Guest AuthorJune 3, 2014
4min132
When some voices are stilled, a chorus must sound in their honor. Maya Angelou falls in that category. The woman who gave a spectacular lyricism to a childhood under Jim Crow stepped off stage last week. Her shadow will linger for a long time. For me, an immigrant, a man of color, I discovered Maya […]