Legendary poet, author, activist and musician Maya Angelou was born on April 4, 1928. professor Dr. Maya Angelo has died at the age of 86, according to reports from local sources in Winston-Salem. Two independent sources confirmed Angelou’s death to WXII’s Wanda Starke Tuesday morning. She was 86. A police car and an ambulance were seen outside Angelou’s home around 8:30 a.m. Winston-Salem police said they are at the home to investigate a death. In honor of her great life, we are taking a look at some of her best quotes. She left this shameful earth today. Dr. Maya Angelou demonstration of courage, grace and brilliance will forever serve as a healing force to this world. It's now our responsibility to teach to the very young about all she has taught us. Some of her quotes goes thus: “I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Life’s a bitch. You’ve got to go out and kick ass.” "You may write me down in history With your bitter, twisted lies, You may trod me in the very dirt But still, like dust, I'll rise" "When someone shows u who they really are BELIEVE THEM!!!" “A woman's heart should be so hidden in God that a man has to seek Him just to find her.” "You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them. Try to be a rainbow in someone else's cloud. Do not complain. Make every effort to change things you do not like. If you cannot make a change, change the way you have been thinking. You might find a new solution." " Actually it is a quote from one of her teachers (Mrs. Flowers) when Maya was growing up in Arkansas: There are a lot of undereducated people in the world who are smarter than those with a college degree (loose translation)--I am sure she was saying that being "book smart" only gets you so far, but having common sense and treating people right goes much further." "Out of the buts of history's shame...I rise! Up from the past's that's in pain....I rise I am a black ocean, leaping & wide welling and swelling I bear in the tide Beating behind nights of terror and fear I rise Into the daybreak that's wondrously clear I rise" "My great hope is to laugh as much as I cry; to get my work done and try to love somebody and have the courage to accept the love in return." And many more... Didn’t know Maya Angelou was a musician? Listen to her song “Run Joe” Here!
As a Poet! Watch & Listen: Dr. Maya Angelou Recites Her Poem "Phenomenal Woman"
What's your favorite Maya Angelou quote?
