The Fool on the Hill

National Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman, 22, reciting her poem The Hill We Climb at the inauguration of Joe Biden as the 46th President of the United States on Wednesday, January 20, 2021.

On the Pulse of Morning

我相信每个人都有与生俱来的天赋。 Wǒ xiāngxìn měi gèrén dōu yǒu yǔ shēng jù lái de tiānfù. I believe that every person is born with talent. 马娅·安杰卢 (Maya Angelou)

A youthful Maya Angelou in 1954
Photo: G. Paul Bishop Jr.

Maya Angelou (Saint Louis, April 4, 1928 – Winston-Salem, May 28, 2014) was an American poet, memoirist, actress, dancer, and civil rights activist.

44th President of the United States Barack Obama awards the 2010 Presidential Medal of Freedom to Dr. Maya Angelou in a ceremony in the East Room of the White House on February 15, 2011. Official White House Photo by Lawrence Jackson.