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Images: Maya Angelou 1928 - 2014

Maya Angelou speaks at Elmhurst College on February 11, 1996. She spoke at the college as part of the Martin Luther King Jr. Guest ship series. Daily Herald file photo / 1996
Maya Angelou speaks at Elmhurst College on February 11, 1996. She spoke at the college as part of the Martin Luther King Jr. Guest ship series. Daily Herald file photo / 1996
BET honoree Maya Angelou speaks after receiving the Literary Arts Award during the BET Honors at the Warner Theatre in Washington on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012. Associated Press
U.S. first lady Betty Ford, third from right, poses with six other women who took part in the taping of the television special presentation of Ladies' Home Journal "Woman of the Year 1976" in New York City, Thursday, April 8, 1976. From left are, Betty Furness, Bettye Caldwell, Maya Angelou, singer Kate Smith, Ford, Dr. Annie D. Wauneka and Micki King. Associated Press
first lady Michelle Obama listens while BET honoree Maya Angelou speaks during the BET Honors after receiving the Literary Arts Award, at the Warner Theatre in Washington on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012. Associated Press
Mayor Michael Bloomberg, left, is framed in the center of a wreath as he listens to poet Maya Angelou perform a poem during the dedication ceremony for the African Burial Ground National Monument in New York, Friday Oct. 5, 2007. The ceremony came more than 16 years after the burial ground was rediscovered during excavations for a federal building in 1991. Associated Press
Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., campaigns with author Maya Angelou at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, N.C., Friday, April 18, 2008. Associated Press
Maya Angelou, poet in residence at Wake Forest University, talks about the poem she wrote for President Clinton's inauguration from her office in Winston-Salem, N.C., Sept. 16, 1996. Angelou will narrate the poem to music Saturday at the school. Associated Press
Author Maya Angelou admires a blowup a of a Ghana postage stamp in her honor during a ceremony in Washington Thursday Nov. 13,1997. Twelve Black authors were honored on stamps from Ghana and Uganda to promote World Literacy. The stamps were designed by Gary Aagaard of Seattle. Associated Press
Maya Angelou smiles as she greets guests at a garden party at her home in Winston-Salem, N.C. Angelou's personal papers, documenting decades of her literary career, have been acquired by the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in New York. Associated Press
President Barack Obama kisses author and poet Maya Angelou after awarding her the 2010 Presidential Medal of Freedom during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2011. Associated Press
President Barack Obama presents a Presidential Medal of Freedom to author and poet Maya Angelou during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2011. Associated Press
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy shown with three of this year's six women in the field of communications who received the thirteenth annual Matrix Award from the New York Chapter of Women in Communications, Inc. in New York on Monday, April 11, 1983. From left, the winners are: Jane Bryant Quinn, contributing editor, Newsweek and Woman's Day; Maya Angelou, author; and Mary McGrory, syndicated columnist, The Washington Post. Associated Press
Dr. Maya Angelou speaks on race relations at Congregation Bínai Israel and Ebenezer Baptist Church on January 16, 2014 in Boca Raton, Florida. Associated Press
Maya Angelou smiles at an event in Washington. Angelou, author of "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings," has died, Wake Forest University said Wednesday, May 28, 2014. She was 86. Associated Press
Maya Angelou answers questions at her portrait unveiling at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery on Saturday, April 5, 2014 in Washington, DC. Associated Press
Maya Angelou, left, and Oprah Winfrey share laughs during a star-studded double-taping of "Surprise Oprah! A Farewell Spectacular," Tuesday, May 17, 2011, in Chicago. "The Oprah Winfrey Show" is ending its run May 25, after 25 years, and millions of her fans around the globe are waiting to see how she will close out a show that spawned a media empire. Associated Press
A bouquet of flowers and a magazine showing Maya Angelou on the cover lies outside a gate at the home of Angelou in Winston-Salem, N.C., Wednesday, May 28, 2014. Angelou, a Renaissance woman and cultural pioneer, has died, Wake Forest University said in a statement Wednesday. She was 86. Associated Press
In this April 18, 2008 file photo, then U.S. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., right, speaks as poet Maya Angelou reacts during a campaign stop at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, N.C. Angelou, who rose from poverty, segregation and violence to become a force onstage, screen and the printed page, has died, Wake Forest University said Wednesday, May 28, 2014. She was 86. Associated Press
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, second left, poses with, from left, Jane Bryant Quinn, contributing editor, Newsweek and Woman's Day; Maya Angelou, author; and Mary McGrory, syndicated columnist, The Washington Post. The women are three of six who received the thirteenth annual Matrix Award from the New York Chapter of Women in Communications, Inc. Angelou, a Renaissance woman and cultural pioneer, has died, Wake Forest University said in a statement Wednesday, May 28, 2014. She was 86. Associated Press
Maya Angelou poses with a copy of her book, "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings," in Los Angeles. Angelou, a Renaissance woman and cultural pioneer, has died, Wake Forest University said in a statement Wednesday, May 28, 2014. She was 86. Associated Press
Maya Angelou speaks onstage during the Democratic National Convention, in Boston. Angelou, a Renaissance woman and cultural pioneer, has died, Wake Forest University said in a statement Wednesday, May 28, 2014. She was 86. Associated Press
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