Maya Angelou would have been 89 today. Over the years, her quotes have inspired us all to want to better. Here are just 10 Maya quotes that inspire us:
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American playwright, and poet Ntozake Shange Perhaps best known for her first play, “Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide when the Rainbow Is Enuf” which was later turned into a feature film by Tyler Perry, Ntozake Shange, is a playwright, poet and is a self proclaimed feminist. Colored Girls first gained notoriety in 1974 as an electrifying
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On Friday, April 7, 2017 the San Diego community will come together to celebrate African-American activism in San Diego. The event, called Crossroads: A Salute to San Diego’s Black Pioneers, will honor local community and campus African-American activists from the ’60s and ’70s. The event begins at 6:30 p.m. at the San Diego State University Parma Payne Goodall Alumni Center.
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Photo: Steven Senne/AP Grammy Award-winning singer Rihanna, is not just being award for her work in the music industry. The singer original from Barbados was honored earlier today, at the prestigious Harvard University as the 2017 Humanitarian of the Year. Dr. S. Allen Counter, director of the Harvard Foundation, introduced Rihanna, saying, “Rihanna has charitably
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WGN America released key art for its critically acclaimed hit series “Underground” ahead of the thrilling second season premiere, returning Wednesday March 8, 2017 at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT. The release of the images coincides with the series’ participation at aTVfest where “Underground” is being honored today with the festival’s annual prestigious CAST AWARD for outstanding contributions to the
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For 37 years the San Diego community has turned out in numbers to show support for Dr. Kings activism and hard work for all of America. And this year was no exception. A substantial crowd of people across cultures came out in support of and marched through San Diego on Sunday, in the 37th annual celebration
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Jeanette Epps, PhD will become the first African American astronaut to join the crew of the International Space Station in May 2018, as part of Expedition 56. In a NASA video, Epps said she was inspired to become an aerospace engineer as a young girl in elementary school by Sally Ride and other early female
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Fox’s “Hidden Figures” took the top spot at the box office beating out Rogue earning an impressive $22.8 million, finishing just ahead of the Disney-Lucas Film by roughly $1 million. The uplifting, inspirational historical film, starring Octavia Spencer (Dorothy Vaughn), Taraji P. Henson (Katherine Johnson) and Janelle Monae (Mary Jackson) as three trailblazing females NASA mathematicians
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20th Century Fox has released three new Character Posters for HIDDEN FIGURES to celebrate the film’s wide release this Friday, January 6, 2017! These 1960’s inspired character posters feature Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer and Janelle Monáe starring as Katherine G. Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson—brilliant African-American women working at NASA, who served as the brains behind one
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President Obama’s photographer Pete Souza recently shared his eighth and final photo’s of the POTUS and the First Family. It’s hard to imagine that in a little over a week, the President and his family will no longer live at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW. We’re truly going to miss the Obama’s. But with intimate images like these shot by Pete Souza, we’ll
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