Volume 29, Issue 31, May 5, 2005
Features
"Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness." – Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou: Poet, Scholar, Activist
Literary figure speaks to sold out crowd, praises poetic art form
Words by Tabitha Dial
Photos by Kristin Skvorc
The Metropolitan
Born April 4, 1928 as Marguerite Johnson, Dr. Maya Angelou has become a leading voice of feminism, equality and love.
"The honorary duty of a human being is to love," said Angelou. Her works are a testament to her saying.
She has been a historian, an editor, a producer, a playwright, a civil-rights activist, a director, a poet and a streetcar conductor. more >>>
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