The comments shock jock Don Imus made about the Rutgers women's basketball team sparked off a national debate about the power of words. Poet Maya Angelou joins Russ Mitchell to discuss. (CBSNews.com)
I wonder what Dr. Angelou would say about Trump and Kanye if she were alive today? God, I miss her. I miss her, her wisdom and her intuition. #restinpeacemyqueen
Drew-Kiercey Whittaker Even here in France we will remind her and her powerful words. She didn't just teached the American people, her voice was heard even across the Atlantic Ocean..when I first heard of her when I was in high school and from this moment I started to watch all of her videos and read all of her poems. The whole world will miss this woman and her wisdom ..! Sorry for my English if i had made mistakes.. haha bonne soirée et toutes mes pensées à Maya Angelou.
I absolutely love her. I wish she were still with us, but she left an inspiring Legacy for every single being on the planet. Those who read her words can not help but be a better version of themselves--I know I am. *I LOVE YOU, DR. ANGELOU*
i just love her! Absolutely amazing. I happened to catch the "Iconoclasts" episode of her and Dave Chappelle a couple of years and I can say is, "Wow!" A true national hero, she is!
Thank you so much this is true. These people often have trouble gaining and substaining relationships and the fact that they glory and prosper from this only opens my eyes to how destitute in spirit that many be are.
she is so poised, so eloquent and so graceful The intelligence she possesses is fascinating. I am in awe of her and pray to one day be at the level that she is. Her, her life, her voice, her words, inspire me. She is one of the many reasons why I continue to write and work to become an author. God bless her and thank the Lord for creating her.
I have two of her books and just finished Hallellujah recipes and life stories, can't wait to read the others, seeing this has made me admire her even more! What an amazing lady!
I admire her as a poet, as an inspirational speaker, and as a woman of power. She is truly wonderful. The power of words..if only some people took the time to listen..
I love Maya Angelou. She has put strength in me from my childhood onwards through her writings. She has inspired me to believe in my self and my dreams. Today i have achieved many of those dreams because of this phenomenal woman. I wish i could meet her someday, somewhere, somehow and tell her this to her face. God bless her.
It's breaks my heart that one human being can still see himself or herself as superior or inferior to any other human being. Maya Angelou has fought for human dignity for so long and so graciously too. She's someone whom I would really love to sit down with and just listen to.
She summed up more eloquently than I ever could why ALL people should stop saying racial slurs. Rise up against your stereotype and prove you are worth more.
i dont think many people realize that they themselves are the ones who choose what kind of value is applied to language, or words. instead of adopting the values of somebody else, create your own...
AMAZING! Dr. Angelou's eyes do not see the world the way we mortals do. Her words; though only spoken are the foundations of something far greater than any human divided by race, creed, or color shant be advised to the fact we all are still just one.
pffffffffffffff, long extended release of breath. Always such a breath of welcome sane fresh air to hear the gathered wisdoms gleaned from her varied lifes. Even when firm on solid boundary maintenane, or, ''putting-the-foot-down'', she maintains that gentle Grace and Peace which surpasses all understanding.
Personally, I couldn't agree with you more. I think she stands for us all as a people. I was just looking at some of the other comments though . . . I wish everyone felt like us! LOL. God Bless!
Picked up the book "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sing" without knowing who Maya Angelou was many years ago. Could not put it down. Such a beautiful spirit comes through her written and spoken words.
Dr. Angelou is brilliant. She makes me proud to be a Black gentleman, and I aspire to be so filled with wisdom as is she. We need more ladies and gentlemen like her in our community. There are times when I feel that Black sophistication is dying out. I believe it's been slowly dying since the CR Movement, which saddens me. But as a young man, in his early 20s and still in the process of being educated, I'm proud to still see a woman such as this representing for our community. What an honor.
I understand exactly what's she's saying. But you or people in general need to first ask why did she/ he have to resort to such a word before passing judgement?. I'm in a very dark place. I have been mistreated and betrayed by people I trusted. I'm homeless and a greiving mother. Those who I depended on the most have let me down. I'm outta in the freezing cold. I've never been homeless until I lost my only child in 2018. I've never been and felt so low in my life. I don't have anyone else. I'm angry and some what bitter. But some people can't even comprehend that pain and feeling abandoned and poor. I'm now alone in this world and that's not a good feeling at all.
hey i have to agree with you there. I heard one poem called "still I rise" and i was annoyed cause of an argument and that helped to put things in to perspective for me....
Dr Angelou's wisdom is astounding as usual..and her comments are SO true..especially what she said about what would have happened had one of the Black rappers made derogatory comments about (then) 1st Lady Laura Bush...
I think you have that all correct but I think we need her in all our communities. If more people thought and felt like her, then maybe we could feel as if we were all one community. Not just a bunch of seperate communities. I am odviously all for being proud of one's herritage. But I am as color blind as they come. As we all need to become. But I do see where she is an insperation. She is an insperation to me also.
What a lovely video :) I adore Maya Angelou! At the end Maya says: ..."But I'm a _____ and I do call people by their whole name." What is that word I'm missing?
@Cuterdenu999 I'm wondering what she might have been like without all the drama in her life....seems to have had a positive effect or rather she transformed the negative....my favorite expression is 'life doesn't create who you are...it reveals who you are'.
@amadear you're right. They are some rappers who exploit this, but it's all about the money. And just because you're famous doesn't mean that your IQ is going to rise.
