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Architect: MLK Inscription on Monument Is Staying

John Johnson — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 11:54:13 CDT

Those who think the truncated quote attributed to Martin Luther King on his new DC memorial do a disservice to the man are just going to have to deal with it. The chief architect defends the quotation and says he has no plans to tweak it, reports the Washington Post...

Angelou: Misleading Quote Makes King Look Like 'Twit'

Kate Schwartz — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 09:21:05 CDT

Add Maya Angelou to the chorus of voices who are none too pleased with how the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial turned out. There's already been some hullabaloo over the fact that one of the quotes on the wall by the Tidal Basin wasn't actually uttered by King, but the...

Buffett, Bush, Merkel Among Medal of Freedom Honorees

Evann Gastaldo — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 08:15:05 CST

President Obama will give the Medal of Freedom to 15 more honorees early next year, including George HW Bush and Warren Buffett. The list of recipients, released today, runs the gamut from sports greats (baseball legend Stan Musial and basketball great Bill Russell) to civil rights pioneers (Sylvia Mendez, who...

Kanye West Is the Next Maya Angelou

Will McCahill — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 09:29:00 CST

Famously egotistical rapper Kanye West is back in the studio—and comparing himself to Kobe Bryant and Maya Angelou in a typical-for-him, all-caps blog post . Unlike many rappers, he promises he won’t get worse with age, because “true poets get better,” he writes. There’s just one problem: “First of all...

Angelou Alive, Well, Despite Reports

Nick McMaster — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 01:24:08 CDT

Contrary to reports by TMZ and scores of Tweets and re-Tweets, Maya Angelou is alive and well. The gossip site reported over the weekend that the poet missed a Los Angeles awards show because she had been hospitalized. In fact, she hadn't been invited to the presentation. The mix-up exhibited...

Angelou on Michelle: Welcome the 'Real Deal'

Wesley Oliver — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 10:52:02 CST

North Carolina, the state that gave us Jesse Helms and more than a few Klan members, went wild for Michelle Obama at a September rally as a stunned Maya Angelou watched, the poet recalls in the Washington Post. People of all races gave a thunderous welcome to the next first...

African History Endures in Downtown NY

Zach Samalin — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 18:34:00 CDT

Concealed for centuries beneath what are now Manhattan skyscrapers, a burial ground uncovered in 1991 teemed with life today as a ceremony honoring African and African American people and their histories marked the dedication of a $50 million granite memorial. "Now we have an opportunity to right some of the...