Maya Angelou: Life Doesn't Frighten Me

 

Maya Angelou dancing  calypso 1957

Author Maya Angelou dies at 86 in North Carolina

http://news.yahoo.com/author-maya-angelou-dies-86-north-carolina-151746880.html 

A poem I use every year in class:

life doesn't frighten me 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2012/07/life-doesnt-frighten-me.html?spref=bl 

 

It is said this was her favorite gospel hymn. To relate the profound gifts of both Maya Angelou and Marian Anderson, I share this:

Marian Anderson Portrait in Music (vaimusic.com)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktz6WAKCR3g