Wednesday, May 28, 2014

Email from my 89 years-old Mother about Maya Angelou (5/28/14)

Dearest Djata,

It is a joyous life that has passed from this earthly realm. Some may say, "Our dear, wonderful Maya Angelou is no longer with us in the physical sense." Yet her life and victorious triumphs will live on long after the lives of those heroes and icons who die without saying, "I am a Black woman, yet 'Still I Rise'."

Much love and thanks to you and your realization that we Black women will continue to rise as long as we have Black sons like you, and all the Black mothers who gave unselfishly to raise their families in America.

Mom

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