R.I.P. ¤ Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou received the nation’s highest civilian honor, the Medal of Freedom, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the U.S., to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors.
As a poet, Angelou was well known for reading at President Clinton's inauguration in 1993. She was the first African American woman to have that honor, and the first poet to read at the inauguration since Robert Frost more than three decades earlier. The work she composed for the occasion, "On the Pulse of Morning," sold more than 1 million copies and its recording won a Grammy Award.
As a poet, Angelou was well known for reading at President Clinton's inauguration in 1993. She was the first African American woman to have that honor, and the first poet to read at the inauguration since Robert Frost more than three decades earlier. The work she composed for the occasion, "On the Pulse of Morning," sold more than 1 million copies and its recording won a Grammy Award.
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