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
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
Oprah Winfrey
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Oprah Gail Winfrey is an American talk show host, television producer, actress, author, and media proprietor. She is best known for her talk show, The Oprah Winfrey Show, broadcast from Chicago, which
Maya Angelou
…during this period, including more than thirty honorary degrees from colleges and universities from all over the world. In the late 1970s, Angelou met Oprah Winfrey when Winfrey was a TV anchor in Baltimore, Maryland; Angelou would later become Winfrey's close friend and mentor. In 1981, Angelou and du Feu divorced…
Winfrey in 2016
Winfrey in 1997
Winfrey on her "The Life You Want" tour in October 2014
Aerial view of Oprah's Montecito estate