Jean Childs Young
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Jean Childs Young was an educator and advocate for equal access to education in the United States. Young also dedicated much of her life to involvement in children's rights, and served as the American
Young in 1977
Maya Angelou
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Maya Angelou was an American memoirist, essayist, poet, and civil rights activist. She published seven autobiographies, three books of essays, several books of poetry, and is credited with a list of p
Jean Childs Young
…at the Atlanta Civic Center, attended by thousands of friends, family and admirers. The many tributes to Young at the funeral included a poem read by Maya Angelou, a eulogy spoken by Coretta Scott King, and a personal note from President Bill Clinton. Young had written a memoir titled What to Remember About Me…
Angelou in 1993
Publicity photo for Calypso Heat Wave, 1957
Portrait from the first edition of And Still I Rise (1978)
Angelou speaking at a rally for Barack Obama, 2008