Maya Angelou

at The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

Maya Angelou, American poet, writer and activist, appeared at an October 2010 event celebrating the acquisition of many of her papers

Maya Angelou at The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

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