22 Photos Of Poet, Author & Activist Maya Angelou Being A “Phenomenal Woman” (PHOTOS)
1. “Phenomenal woman, That’s me.”
2. “Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud.” – Maya Angelou
3. Maya Angelou is pictured in an undated photo with poet Langston Hughes. From her Facebook: “Langston Hughes and I are enjoying each other.”
4. President Barack Obama kisses poet and author Maya Angelou after giving her the 2010 Medal of Freedom.
5. “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.” -Maya Angelou
6. “There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.” -Maya Angelou
7. “If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude. Don’t complain.” -Maya Angelou
8. “I speak to the Black experience, but I am always talking about the human condition — about what we can endure, dream, fail at and survive.” -Maya Angelou
9. “It’s in the click of my heels. The bend of my hair, the palm of my hand. The need for my care. ’Cause I’m a woman. Phenomenally. Phenomenal woman. That’s me.” -Maya Angelou
10. Maya Angelou pictured with her own “phenomenal woman,” her mother Vivian Baxter Johnson.
11. Maya Angelou pictured with her own “phenomenal woman,” her mother Vivian Baxter Johnson.
12. “Does my sexiness upset you? Does it come as a surprise That I dance like I’ve got diamonds At the meeting of my thighs? Out of the huts of history’s shame I rise” -Maya Angelou
13. Maya Angelou pictured with her own “phenomenal woman,” her mother Vivian Baxter Johnson.
14. Michelle Obama and Maya Angelou speak during the BET Honors 2012 at the Warner Theatre on January 14, 2012.
15. Dr. Angelou pictured with the late civil rights and women’s activist, Dorothy Height.
16. “Never make someone a priority when all you are to them is an option.” -Maya Angelou
17. “You may shoot me with your words, You may cut me with your eyes, You may kill me with your hatefulness, But still, like air, I’ll rise.” -Maya Angelou
18. “You may write me down in history With your bitter, twisted lies, You may tread me in the very dirt But still, like dust, I’ll rise” -Maya Angelou
19. “Have enough courage to trust love one more time. And always one more time.” -Maya Angelou
20. “I’ve learned that making a living is not the same thing as making a life.” -Maya Angelou
21. Maya Angelou pictured with rapper Common at her 82nd birthday. Common has been vocal about her influence, releasing “The Dreamer” in 2011 featuring the poet.
22. Dr. Angelou with her mentee, Oprah Winfrey. Shortly after the poet’s death on May 28th, 2014, Winfrey released this statement: “I’ve been blessed to have Maya Angelou as my mentor, mother/sister and friend since my 20s…I loved her and I know she loved me. I will profoundly miss her. She will always be the rainbow in my clouds.”
22 Photos Of Poet, Author & Activist Maya Angelou Being A “Phenomenal Woman” (PHOTOS) was originally published on globalgrind.com
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