Maya Angelou is an inspiring and amazing woman.
When one of the members from my group suggested we choose Maya Angelou to create a fan page for, I began to do research. I had no idea who she was. I discovered her official website and read the numerous books she had written and scripts for movies she had created. The site stated that she was a celebrated poet, memoirist, novelist, educator, dramatist, producer, actress, historian, filmmaker, and civil rights activist (http://mayaangelou.com/bio/). I was quite impressed and decided to try to find a movie or two of hers on YouTube. I found instead many interviews in which she had taken part and watched this woman in live action. I was thoroughly surprised by what I saw. Here is the video I came across: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hg4oT9ik18
Angelou is an elderly black woman who speaks with authority and wisdom. While she speaks with power and honesty, she displays also a sense of humor and love that made me warm up to her as if she was my own grandmother. I decided that I officially liked this woman and that she definitely deserved a fan page. She is from a generation and race that had dealt with incredible hardship. She is a black woman who grew up in the South during times of great segregation and racism, through the Great Depression and World War II, and came out of those times displaying a strength and joy that shows her sense of self value and confidence. She also wants other women to know their value and how incredible they truly are.
Maya Angelou really deserves to have a fan page dedicated to her and some of her works. Thus, this page has a purpose: to delve into the life, works, and beliefs of this admirable and inspiring woman.
Citation:
http://mayaangelou.com/bio/
Post by: Hannah Morris
Maya Angelou definetely deserves a fan page. I liked how the blog presented each work and related it to the themes we learned in class. I would have liked to have seen more of a biography and explain a little more her hardships. I liked the the addition of the interview links. They really reinforce the fact that she truly is a "phenomenal women".
ReplyDelete-Sylvia Martinez
Sylvia,
ReplyDeleteThank you for the blog comment! I am glad you enjoyed reading her biography and I definately agree that she deserves a fan page! I am sure there are a million out there already haha.
For more information on Maya Angelou, this is a great website that might answer any unanswered questions you had:
http://mayaangelou.com/
Thanks! :)
Thanks group. I will definetely be checking her out more in depth.
ReplyDelete-Sylvia
Maya Angelou sounds like an amazing individual and beyond deserving of her own fan page. It is amazing the time that she is able to spend on all of the various tasks she encounters from writing to acting to a civil rights activist. Maya reminds me a lot of the woman artist that I researched, Margaret Atwood, as she is quite the multi-tasker herself. Great work all around
ReplyDelete-Patrick Ernst
Fantasitic blog! I think you all covered very well the works that she has done and relating themes from these works to the class and also giving examples. For example, discussing some of the poems Maya Angelou has written and giving topics from the class, like oppression and racism, and then further giving an example of how it is similar to themes in The Bluest Eye. You all did very well in tying everything together. After reading this blog, I am very interested in Maya Angelou and you have convinced me that she well deserves a fan page!
ReplyDeleteIt is unfortunate that you did not respond to all of your comments. I am sure your fellow students would like to hear back from you.
ReplyDeleteI am really happy to see that her work and personhood inspired you but I would want to encourage you to not ignore your own struggles and hardships even if you are young and white. Oppression and exploitation mark all of us in a way and in that we can connect with others such as Angelou.