At the age of 86, Maya Angelou has left this earth. She touched so many people with her autobiography, and with her poetry, that the numbers seem countless. I grew up in the Deep South with racism all around me - I knew how much my parents were disgusted by racism, and I was raised believing that everyone born on this earth is an equal. I read I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings in 1970, during court-ordered integration of the public schools in the state of Florida. Maya Angelou's book made me cry - both with sadness and with outrage.
This woman was unique - not in her experiences - but in her gift of writing. I wish that I could be a superb writer and gifted lady, like her.
Rest in peace, my lady. You surely deserve it.
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