APPENDIX A MAYA ANGELOU’S SELECTED POEMS Phenomenal Woman

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APPENDIX A
MAYA ANGELOU’S SELECTED POEMS
A. Phenomenal Woman
Pretty woman wonder where my secret lies.
I'm not cute or built to fit a fashion model's size
But when I start to tell them,
They think I'm telling lies.
I say,
It's in the reach of my arms,
The span of my hips,
The stride of my step,
The curl of my lips.
I'm a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That's me.
I walk into a room
Just as cool as you please,
And to a man,
The fellows stand or
Fall down on their knees.
Universitas Sumatera Utara
They swarm around me,
A hive of honey bees.
I say,
It's the fire in my eyes,
And the flash of my teeth,
The swing in my waist,
And the joy in my feet.
I'm a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That's me.
Men themselves have wondered
What they see in me.
They try so much
But they can't touch
My inner mystery.
When I try to show them,
They say they still can't see.
I say,
It's the arch of my back,
The sun in my smile,
The ride of my breasts,
The grace of my style.
I'm a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That's me.
Now you understand
Just why my head's not bowed.
I don't shout or jump about
Or have to talk real loud.
When you see me passing,
I ought to make you proud
I say,
It's 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.
B. Still I Rise
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.
Does my sassiness upset you?
Why are you beset with gloom?
'Cause I walk like I've got oil wells
Pumping in my living room.
Just like moons and like suns,
With the certainty of tides,
Just like hopes springing high,
Still I'll rise.
Did you want to see me broken?
Bowed head and lowered eyes?
Shoulders falling down like teardrops.
Weakened by my soulful cries.
Does my haughtiness offend you?
Don't you take it awful hard
'Cause I laugh like I've got gold mines
Diggin' in my own back yard.
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.
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
Up from a past that's rooted in pain
I rise
I'm a black ocean, leaping and wide,
Welling and swelling I bear in the tide.
Leaving behind nights of terror and fear
I rise
Into a daybreak that's wondrously clear
I rise
Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave,
I am the dream and the hope of the slave.
I rise
I rise
I rise.
C. Equality
You declare you see me dimly
through a glass which will not shine,
though I stand before you boldly,
trim in rank and making time.
You do own to hear me faintly
as a whisper out of range,
while my drums beat out the message
and the rhythms never change.
Equality, and I will be free.
You announce my ways are wanton,
that I fly from man to man,
but if I’m just a shadow to you,
could you ever understand?
We have lived a painful history,
we know the shameful past,
but I keep on marching forward,
but you keep on coming last.
Take the blinders from your vision,
take the padding from your ears,
and confess you’ve heard me crying,
and admit you’ve seen my tears.
Hear the tempo so compelling,
hear the blood throb through my veins.
Yes, my drums are beating nightly,
and the rhythms never change.
D. Woman Work
I've got the children to tend
The clothes to mend
The floor to mop
The food to shop
Then the chicken to fry
The baby to dry
I got company to feed
The garden to weed
I've got shirts to press
The tots to dress
The can to be cut
I gotta clean up this hut
Then see about the sick
And the cotton to pick.
Shine on me, sunshine
Rain on me, rain
Fall softly, dew drops
And cool my brow again.
Storm, blow me from here
With your fiercest wind
Let me float across the sky
'Til I can rest again.
Fall gently, snowflakes
Cover me with white
Cold icy kisses and
Let me rest tonight.
Sun, rain, curving sky
Mountain, oceans, leaf and stone
Star shine, moon glow
You're all that I can call my own.
E. Men
When I was young, I used to
Watch behind the curtains
As men walked up and down the street. Wino men, old men.
Young men sharp as mustard.
See them. Men are always
Going somewhere.
They knew I was there. Fifteen
Years old and starving for them.
Under my window, they would pauses,
Their shoulders high like the
Breasts of a young girl,
Jacket tails slapping over
Those behinds,
Men.
One day they hold you in the
Palms of their hands, gentle, as if you
Were the last raw egg in the world. Then
They tighten up. Just a little. The
First squeeze is nice. A quick hug.
Soft into your defenselessness. A little
More. The hurt begins. Wrench out a
Smile that slides around the fear. When the
Air disappears,
Your mind pops, exploding fiercely, briefly,
Like the head of a kitchen match. Shattered.
It is your juice
That runs down their legs. Staining their shoes.
When the earth rights itself again,
And taste tries to return to the tongue,
Your body has slammed shut. Forever.
No keys exist.
Then the window draws full upon
Your mind. There, just beyond
The sway of curtains, men walk.
Knowing something.
Going someplace.
But this time, I will simply
Stand and watch.
Maybe.
F. Remembrance
Your hands easy
weight, teasing the bees
hived in my hair, your smile at the
slope of my cheek. On the
occasion, you press
above me, glowing, spouting
readiness, mystery rapes
my reason.
When you have withdrawn
your self and the magic, when
only the smell of your
love lingers between
my breasts, then, only
then, can I greedily consume
your presence.
G. Caged Bird
A free bird leaps
on the back of the wind
and floats downstream
till the current ends
and dips his wing
in the orange sun rays
and dares to claim the sky.
But a bird that stalks
down his narrow cage
can seldom see through
his bars of rage
his wings are clipped and
his feet are tied
so he opens his throat to sing.
The caged bird sings
with a fearful trill
of things unknown
but longed for still
and his tune is heard
on the distant hill
for the caged bird
sings of freedom.
The free bird thinks of another breeze
and the trade winds soft through sighing trees
and the fat worms waiting on a dawn-bright lawn
and he names the sky his own.
But a caged bird stands on the grave of dreams
his shadow shouts on a nightmare scream
his wings are clipped and his feet are tied
so he opens his throat to sing.
The caged bird sings
with a fearful trill
of things unknown
but longed for still
and his tune is heard
on the distant hill
for the caged bird
sings of freedom.
APPENDIX B
BIOGRAPHY OF MAYA ANGELOU
Maya Angelou, born Marguerite Ann Johnson on April 4, 1928 in St.
Louis, Missouri, is an American poet, memoirist, actress, and an important figure
in the American Civil Rights Movement. Her father, Bailey Johnson, was a
doorman and navy dietitian. Her mother, Vivian (Baxter) Johnson, was a real
estate agent, trained surgical nurse, and later a merchant marine. Angelou's older
brother, Bailey Jr., nicknamed Marguerite "Maya", shortened from "my-a-sister".
The details of Angelou's life described in her six autobiographies and in numerous
interviews, speeches, and articles tend to be inconsistent. Her biographer, Mary
Jane Lupton, has explained that when Angelou has spoken about her life, she has
done so eloquently but informally and "with no time chart in front of her".
Evidence suggests that Angelou's family is descended from the Mende
people of West Africa. A 2008 PBS documentary found that her maternal greatgrandmother, Mary Lee, had been emancipated after the Civil War. The
documentary suggested that Lee became pregnant by her former white owner,
John Savin, who forced Lee to sign a false statement accusing another man of
being the father of her child. After indicting Savin for forcing Lee to commit
perjury, and despite discovering that Savin was the father, a grand jury found him
not guilty. Lee was sent to the Clinton County poorhouse in Missouri with her
daughter, Marguerite Baxter, who became Angelou's grandmother. Angelou
described Lee as "that poor little Black girl, physically and mentally bruised."
The first 17 years of Angelou's life are documented in her first
autobiography, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. When Angelou was three, and
her brother four, their parents' "calamitous marriage" ended. Their father sent
them to Stamps, Arkansas alone by train to live with her paternal grandmother,
Annie Henderson. Henderson prospered financially during the Great Depression
and World War II because the general store she owned sold needed basic
commodities and because "she made wise and honest investments". Four years
later, the children's father "came to Stamps without warning" and returned them to
their mother's care in St. Louis. At age eight, while living with her mother,
Angelou was sexually abused and raped by her mother's boyfriend, Mr. Freeman.
She confessed it to her brother, who told the rest of their family. Freeman was
found guilty, but was jailed for one day. Four days after his release, he was found
kicked to death, probably by Angelou's uncles. Angelou became mute, believing,
as she has 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..." She remained mute for nearly five years. Shortly after Freeman's
murder, Angelou and her brother were sent back to their grandmother once again.
Angelou credits a teacher and friend of her family, a Mrs. Bertha Flowers,
with helping her speak again. Flowers introduced her to authors such as Dickens,
Shakespeare, Poe, Douglas Johnson, and James Weldon Johnson, as well as Black
female artists like Frances Harper, Anne Spencer, and Jessie Fauset. When
Angelou was 13, she and her brother returned to live with her mother in San
Francisco. During World War II, she attended George Washington High School,
then studying dance and drama on a scholarship at the California Labor School.
Before graduating, she worked as the first Black female streetcar conductor in San
Francisco. Three weeks after completing school, she gave birth to her son, Clyde,
who also became a poet. At the end of Angelou's third autobiography, Singin' and
Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like Christmas, her son changed his name to "Guy
Johnson".
Angelou's second autobiography, Gather Together in My Name, recounts
her life from age 17 to 19. This book "depicts a single mother's slide down the
social ladder into poverty and crime." Angelou at times worked as a prostitute and
as the madam of a brothel. The book describes how she moved through a series of
relationships, occupations, and cities as she attempted to raise her son without job
training or advanced education.
Angelou has been married three times or more (something she has never
clarified, "for fear of sounding frivolous"). In her third autobiography, Singin' and
Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like Christmas, Angelou describes her three-year
marriage to Greek sailor Tosh Angelos in 1949. Up to that point she went by the
name of "Marguerite Johnson", or "Rita", but changed her professional name to
"Maya Angelou." Her managers at San Francisco nightclub The Purple Onion
strongly suggested that she adopt a more theatrical name that captured the feel of
her Calypso dance performances. In 1952, she won a scholarship and trained in
African dance with dancer Pearl Primus of Trinidad. Later Angelou studied
modern dance with Martha Graham. The dance team "Al and Rita" she co-created
with choreographer Alvin Ailey combined elements of modern dance, ballet, and
West African dance. During 1954 and 1955 Angelou toured Europe with a
production of the opera Porgy and Bess. She began her practice of trying to learn
the language of every country she visited, and in a few years she gained
proficiency in several languages. In 1957, riding on the popularity of Calypso
music, Angelou recorded her first album, Miss Calypso. She appeared in an offBroadway review that inspired the film Calypso Heat Wave, in which Angelou
sang and performed her own compositions.
In the late 1950s, Angelou moved to New York City and began to
concentrate on her writing career. She joined the Harlem Writers Guild, headed by
her friend, novelist James O. Killens. She met a number of major African
American authors, including her close friend and mentor James Baldwin, and
published for the first time. After meeting and hearing civil rights leader Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr. speak in 1960, she and Killens organized "the legendary"
Cabaret for Freedom to benefit the Southern Christian Leadership Conference
(SCLC), and was named SCLC's Northern Coordinator. In 1961, she performed in
Jean Genet's The Blacks, along with Roscoe Lee Brown, James Earl Jones, and
Cicely Tyson. According to Hagen, her contributions to civil rights as a fundraiser
and SCLC organizer were successful and "eminently effective". Also in 1961,
Angelou met South African freedom fighter Vusumzi Make, who brought her and
Guy to live with him in Cairo, where Angelou began working as an associate
editor at the weekly newspaper Arab Observer.
In 1962 her relationship with Make ended, and she and Guy moved to
Ghana. She became an assistant administrator and instructor at the University of
Ghana's School of Music and Drama, was a feature editor for The African Review,
acted in and wrote plays. After becoming close friends with Malcolm X, Angelou
returned to the US in 1964 to help him build a new civil rights organization, the
Organization of Afro-American Unity; he was assassinated shortly afterward. In
1968 Martin King asked her to organize a march, but he too was assassinated, on
her birthday (April 4). Instead of celebrating her birthday, she sent flowers to
King's widow, Coretta Scott King, until King's death in 2006. Inspired by a
meeting with her friend James Baldwin, Angelou dealt with her grief at King's
assassination in 1968 by writing her first autobiography, I Know Why the Caged
Bird Sings in 1969, which brought her first international recognition and acclaim.
In 1973, Angelou married Paul du Feu, a British-born carpenter and
remodeler, and moved to Sonoma, California with him. The years to follow were
some of Angelou's most productive as a writer and poet. She worked as a
composer, writing for singer Roberta Flack and composing movie scores. She
wrote articles, short stories, TV scripts, autobiographies and poetry, produced
plays, and spoke on the university lecture circuit. In 1977 Angelou appeared in a
supporting role in the television mini-series Roots. Her screenplay, Georgia,
Georgia, was the first original script by a Black woman to be produced. In the late
'70s, Angelou met Oprah Winfrey when Winfrey was a TV anchor in Baltimore,
Maryland; Angelou would later become Winfrey's close friend and mentor.
Angelou divorced de Feu and returned to the southern United States in 1981,
where she accepted the first lifetime Reynolds Professorship of American Studies
at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
In 1993, she recited her poem On the Pulse of Morning at the inauguration
of President Bill Clinton, becoming the first poet to make an inaugural recitation
since Robert Frost at John F. Kennedy's inauguration in 1961. Since the 1990s,
Angelou has actively participated in the lecture circuit.
Angelou campaigned for the Democratic Party in the 2008 presidential
primaries, giving her public support to Senator Hillary Clinton. In the run up to
the January Democratic primary in South Carolina, the Clinton campaign ran ads
featuring Angelou's endorsement, attempting to rally support in the Black
community; but Obama won the South Carolina primary; finishing 29 points
ahead of Clinton and taking 80% of the Black vote. When Clinton's campaign
ended, Angelou put her support behind Senator Barack Obama, who won the
election and became the first African American president of the United States. She
stated, "We are growing up beyond the idiocies of racism and sexism". In 2009,
Angelou campaigned for the same-sex marriage bill in New York state.
Angelou was also the first African American woman to direct a major
motion picture, Down in the Delta, in 1998, at the age of seventy.
In February 2011, President Barack Obama awarded Angelou the
Presidential Medal of Freedom, along with President George H.W. Bush,
businessman Warren Buffett, and civil rights activist John Lewis.
APPENDIX C
MAYA ANGELOU’S AWARDS, HONORS, AND WORKS
Awards
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Chubb Fellowship Award, Yale University (1970)
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Nominated for the National Book Award for I Know Why the Caged Bird
Sings (1970)
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Pulitzer Prize Nomination for Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'Fore I
Diiie (1972)
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Tony Award Nomination for her performance in "Look Away" (1973)
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Distinguished Visiting Professor , Wichita State University (1974)
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Board of Trustees/American Film Institute (1975)
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Member, American Revolution Bicentennial Council, appointed by
President Gerald Ford (1975)
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Rockfeller Foundation Scholar in Italy (Scholar-in-residence at the
Bellagio Study & Conference Center) (1975)
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Ladies' Home Journal Award ("Woman of the Year in Communication")
(1976)
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Nominated for an Emmy Award in made-for-television movie "Roots"
(1977)
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Golden Eagle Award, Documentary for PBS, "Afro-American in the Arts"
(1977)
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Member, Presidential Commision for International Women’s Year,
appointed by Jimmy Carter (1977)
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Ladies' Home Journal "Top 100 Most Influential Women" (1983)
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The Matrix Award, Field of Books from Women in Communication, Inc.
(1983)
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The North Carolina Award in Literature (1987)
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American Academy of Achievement's Golden Plate Award (1990)
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Candace Award, National Coalition of 100 Black Women (1990)
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Recipient of the Langston Hughes Award presented at the City College of
New York (1991)
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Distinguished Woman of North Carolina (1992)
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Essence Woman of the Year (1992)
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Horatio Alger Award (1992)
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Women in Film Crystal Award (1992)
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Drum Major for Justice from The California Advocate Fresno’s African
American Community Newspaper (1992)
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Inaugural Poet for President Bill Clinton (1993)
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Arkansas Black Hall of Fame (1993)
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Grammy for Best Spoken Word or Non Musical Album for On the Pulse
of Morning (1993)
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Rollins College Walk of Fame (1994)
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Spingarn Award, National Association for the Advancement of Colored
People (NAACP) (1994)
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Citizen Diplomat Award (1995)
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Frank G. Wells Award (1995)
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Grammy for Best Spoken Word or Non Musical Album for Phenomenal
Woman (1995)
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Lifetime Membership, NAACP, Honeywell Corporation, Minneapolis,
Minnesota (1996)
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President's Award, Collegiate of Language Association for Outstanding
Achievements, Winston-Salem, North Carolina (1996)
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Southern Christian Leadership Conference of Los Angeles & Martin
Luther King, Jr. Legacy Association National Award (1996)
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The New York Black 100, Schomburg Center & The Black New Yorkers
(1996)
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American Ambassador for UNICEF (1996)
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National Conference of Christians & Jews, Distinguished Merit Citation
(1997)
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NAACP Image Award, Outstanding Literary Work, Nonfiction for Even
the Stars Look Lonesome (1997)
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W. K. Kellogg Foundation, Expert-in-Residence Program (1997)
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North Carolina “Woman of the Year” Award, Black Publishers
Association (1997)
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Presidential & Lecture Series Award, University of North Florida (1997)
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Black Caucus of American Library Association, Cultural Keepers Award
(1997)
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Humanitarian Contribution Award, Boston, Massachusetts (1997)
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Homecoming Award, Oklahoma Center for Poets & Writers (1997)
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Boards of Governers, Winston-Salem State University, Maya Angelou
Institute for the Improvement of Child and Family Education (1998)
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Alston/Jones International Civil & Human Rights Award (1998)
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Inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame (1998)
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Christopher Award, New York (1998)
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American Airlines Audience, Gold Plaque Choice Award for Down in the
Delta from Chicago International Film Festival (1998)
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City Proclamation, Winston-Salem, North Carolina from Mayor Jack
Cavanaugh (1998)
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Sheila Award, Tubman African American Museum, Macon, Georgia
(1999)
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Special Olympics World Games, Speaker, Raleigh, North Carolina (1999)
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Lifetime Achievement Award for Literature (1999)
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Named one of the top 100 Best Writers of the 20th Century by Writer's
Digest (1999)
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Presidential Medal of Arts from President Clinton (2000)
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Ethnic Multicultural Media Awards (EMMAs), Lifetime Achievement
(2002)
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Grammy for Best Spoken Word Album for A Song Flung up to Heaven
(2002)
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American Geriatrics Society’s Foundation for Heatlh in Aging Award
(2002)
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Charles Evans Hughes Award, National Conference for Community and
Justice (2004)
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Grammy nomination for “Best Spoken Word Album” for Hallelujah! The
Welcome Table (2004)
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Heart’s Day Honoree, Howard University (2005)
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John Hope Franklin Award (June 2006)
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Black Caucus of American Library Association, Joint Conference of
Librarians of Color Author Award (2006)
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New York Times Best Seller List (May 2006)
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Mother Teresa Award for her untiring devotion and service to humanity
(August 2006)
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The Quill Award for Amazing Peace: A Christmas Poem (October 2006)
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Matrix Human Services, Humanitarian Contribution Award, Detroit,
Michigan (October 13, 2006)
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Nomination for NAACP Image Award, “Outstanding Literary Works” for
Celebrations: Rituals of Peace and Prayer (February 10, 2007)
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The Black Academy of Arts and Letters, Inc., Dallas, Texas, For
Outstanding Contribution and Support to TBALL (September 23, 2007)
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Martha Parker Legacy Award (October 17, 2007)
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Medal of Honor Award, in recognition of her work in poetry, literature,
film, speaking, etc. from the Cristóbal Gabarrón Foundation (November
29, 2007). This is the first time award presented to someone outside Spain.
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50th Grammy Awards Year nomination for “Best Spoken Word Album”
for Celebrations (2007)
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Inducted in the International Civil Rights Walk of Fame at the Martin
Luther King Jr. National Historic Site, Atlanta, Georgia (January 12, 2008)
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Voice of Peace Award (first recipient), Hope for Peace and Justice (2008)
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Cornell Medallion (2008)
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Gracie Allen Award (2008)
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Lincoln Medal Recipient, in recognition of her accomplishments/personal
attributes that illuminate the character of President Abraham Lincoln,
Washington D. C. (June 1, 2008)
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The Ninth Annual Walter Dandy Orator Award, The Congress of
Neurological Surgeons, Orlando, Florida (September 22, 2008)
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The Marian Anderson Award, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (November 17,
2008)
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Nominations for 40th NAACP Image Awards for “Outstanding Literary
Work – Non-Fiction” for Letter to My Daughter and “Outstanding Literary
Work-Children” for Amazing Peace: A Christmas Poem (February 7,
2009)
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NAACP Image Award for “Outstanding Literary Work – Non-Fiction” for
Letter to My Daughter (February 12, 2009)
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AWRT’s Gracie Award, Individual Achievement Award for “Outstanding
Host” for the weekly XM Radio Program, The Dr. Maya Angelou Show.
(June 4, 2009)
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Presidential Medal of Freedom (2010)
Honors
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Honorary Degree - Portland State University (1973)
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Honorary Degree - Smith College (1975)
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Honorary Degree - Mills College (1975)
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Honorary Degree - Lawrence University (1976)
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Honorary Degree - Wake Forest University (1977)
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Honorary Degree - Columbia College (1979)
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Honorary Degree - Occidental College (1979)
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Honorary Degree - Atlanta University (1980)
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Honorary Degree - University of Arkansas at Pinebluff (1980)
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Honorary Degree - Wheaton College (1981)
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Honorary Degree - Morgan State University, Baltimore, Maryland (1982)
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Honorary Degree - Northeastern Universiy (1982)
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Honorary Degree - Kean College of New Jersey (1982)
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Honorary Degree - Claremont Graduate School (1982)
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Honorary Degree - Spelman College (1983)
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Honorary Degree - Boston College (1983)
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Honorary Degree - Winston-Salem State University (1984)
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Honorary Degree - University Brunesis (1984)
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Honorary Degree - Rollins College (1985)
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Honorary Degree - Howard University (1985)
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Honorary Degree - Tufts University (1985)
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Honorary Degree - University of Vermont (1985)
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Honorary Degree - North Carolina School of the Arts (1986)
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Honorary Degree - Mount Holyoke College (1987)
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Honorary Degree - North Carolina School of the Arts (1988)
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Honorary Degree - University of Southern California (1989)
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Honorary Degree - Northeastern University (1992)
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Honorary Degree - Skidmore College (1993)
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Honorary Degree - University of North Carolina at Greensboro (1993)
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Honorary Degree - Academy of Southern Arts & Letters (1993)
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Honorary Degree - American Film Institute (1994)
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Honorary Degree - Bowie State University (1994)
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Honorary Degree - University of Durham (1995)
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Honorary Degree - Shaw University (1997)
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Honorary Degree - Wake Forest University (1997)
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Honorary Degree - Lafayette College (1999)
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Honorary Degree - Hope College (2001)
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Honorary Degree - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2003)
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Honorary Degree - Columbia University (2003)
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Honorary Degree - Eastern Connecticut University (2003)
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Honorary Degree - Chapman University (2007)
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School of Nursing recommendation for honorary degree, Doctor of
Humane Letters, University of Minnesota (2007)
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Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, Shenandoah University, Winchester,
Virginia (September 2008)
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Honorary Degree - Kean University, Hillside, New Jersey (May 2009)
Works
Autobiographies
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1970)
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Gather Together In My Name (1974)
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Singin' And Swingin' And Gettin' Merry Like Christmas (1976)
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The Heart of a Woman (1981)
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All God’s Children Need Traveling Shoes (1986)
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A Song Flung Up To Heaven (2002)
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The Complete Collected Autobiographies of Maya Angelou (September
2004)
Personal Essays
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Wouldn’t Take Nothing For My Journey Now (1993 and 1994)
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Even the Stars Look Lonesome (1997)
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Hallelujah! The Welcome Table: A Lifetime of Memories with Recipes
(September 2004)
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Letter to My Daughter (September 2008)
Poetry Collections
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Just Give Me A Cool Drink of Water 'Fore I Diiie (1971)
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Oh Pray My Wings Are Gonna Fit Me Well (1975)
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Still I Rise (1978)
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Shaker, Why Don’t You Sing (1983)
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Poems: Maya Angelou (1986)
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Now Sheba Sings the Song (1987)
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I Shall Not Be Moved (1990)
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On the Pulse of Morning
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The Complete Collected Poems of Maya Angelou (1994)
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Phenomenal Woman: Four Poems for Women (1995)
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A Brave and Startling Truth (1995)
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From a Black Man to a Black Woman (October 1995)
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Extravagant Spirits (May 1997)
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Amazing Peace (2005)
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Mother, A Cradle to Hold Me (April 2006)
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Celebrations, Rituals of Peace & Prayer (October 31, 2006)
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Poetry for Young People (2007)
Children’s Books
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Life Doesn’t Frighten Me (1993)
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My Painted House, My Friendly Chicken and Me (1994)
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Kofi and His Magic (1996)
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Maya’s World Series (2004)
Plays
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Cabaret For Freedom, 1960 - produced off-Broadway (in collaboration
with Godfrey Cambridge).
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The Least of These, 1966 - produced in Los Angeles.
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Gettin' Up Stayed On My Mind, 1967.
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Ajax, 1974 - produced in Los Angeles (Mark Taper Forum).
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And Still I Rise, 1976 - produced in Oakland, California (Oakland
Ensemble Theater).
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Moon On A Rainbow Shawl, 1988 - produced in London (Author Errol
John).
Screenplays
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Georgia, Georgia, 1972 - produced by Cinerama, Sweden.
•
All Day Long, 1974 - produced by American Film Institute, Los Angeles.
Acting (Televison Appearances)
•
PBS Documentaries: "Who Cares About Kids" & "Kindred Spirits"
•
KERA-TV, Dallas, TX; "Maya Angelou: Rainbow in the Clouds" WTVS-TV
•
Detroit, Michigan "To the Contrary" - Maryland Public Television. Two
plays for national viewing.
•
Ten one-hour programs (NET-TV) "Black, Blues, Black"; National
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Ghanaian Broadcasting Corporation, Contributor (1963-1964)
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Education Television; written, produced and directed in 1968.
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Author of six national one half-hour programs; interviews and profiles;
"Assignment America" premiered January 1975.
•
Two programs for the United States Information Agency; written and
hosted; Part One: "The Legacy" Part Two: "The Inheritors" (1976)
•
"Afro-American in the Arts," PBS Documentary
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"Humanities Through the Arts," 30 half-hour segments
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Sister, Sisters, NBC (1982)
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"The Amen Corner" Chris/Rose Productions with Miramax (work-inprogress) in 1999.
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Moesha, WB-TV (August 30, 1999)
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Runaway (2000)
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The Oprah Winfrey Show (2004)
Films
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Porgy and Bess (directed by George Gershwin), played Ruby in European
tour (1954-1955)
•
Calypso, Off-Broadway (1957)
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The Blacks (directed by Jean Genet), played White Queen Off-Broadway,
1960. The Blacks won the Obie Award in 1961 for the best Broadway
play, both American and foreign.
•
Mother Courage (directed by Bertold Brecht), played title role OffBroadway (1964)
•
Medea (directed by Jean Anouilh), played Nurse in Hollywood.
•
Look Away (directed by Jerome Kilty) played Mrs. Keckley, Broadway
(1973)
•
Roots (directed by Alex Haley), played Nyo Boto (Grandmother),
Hollywood, 1977. Maya Angelou Received Emmy Nomination for Best
Supporting Actress.
•
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (directed by Fielder Cook, based on the
Book of Maya Angelou), 1979.
•
How to Make an American Quilt, Universal Pictures (1995)
•
Poetic Justice (written and directed by John Singleton, poetry written by
Maya Angelou), 1993.
•
Down in the Delta (directed by Maya Angelou), 1998, Miramax Films,
Directorial Film Debut. It was released on Video in June 1999.
•
Medea’s Family Reunion (2006)
•
The Black Candle (directed by M. K. Asante, narrated and poetry by Maya
Angelou), 2011. The Black Candle is an award-winning documentary that
uses Kwanzaa as a vehicle to celebrate the African-American experience.
Recordings
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Miss Calypso, Liberty Records (1957)
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For the Love Of Ivy, Sidney Portier film (1968)
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Georgia, Georgia (1972)
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All Day Long (1974)
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Miss Calypso (1996)
Spoken Word Albums
•
The Poetry of Maya Angelou - GWP Records (1969)
•
Women in Business - University of Wisconsin (1981)
•
Been Found, Music & Spoken Word Album with Ashford & Simpson
(1996)

APPENDIX A MAYA ANGELOU’S SELECTED POEMS Phenomenal Woman

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