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Maya Angelou memorial service set for Saturday

Courier Newsroom - June 2, 2014

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — A memorial service will be held at Wake Forest University for poet and author Maya Angelou, who died last week. Wake...

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Maya Angelou remembered for her universal appeal

Courier Newsroom - May 28, 2014

NEW YORK (AP) — You didn't have to love books or share her background or even know a lot about Maya Angelou to feel...

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Reactions to the death of Maya Angelou

Courier Newsroom - May 28, 2014

NEW YORK (AP) — Politicians, media figures and fellow artists are paying tribute to Maya Angelou, the author of "I Know Why the Caged...

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Excerpts of the poetry and prose of Maya Angelou

Courier Newsroom - May 28, 2014

Maya Angelou's words spanned worlds: From the inner city to the presidential stage, from her painful childhood to a soaring career as a poet,...

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University: Poet, author Maya Angelou dies at 86

Courier Newsroom - May 28, 2014

NEW YORK (AP) — Maya Angelou was gratified, but not surprised by her extraordinary fortune. "I'm not modest," she told The Associated Press in 2013....

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