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Maya Angelou Portrait

Maya Angelou Portrait

On April 5th, 2014, Maya Angelou’s Portrait by Atlanta-based artist Ross Rossin was unveiled during the event at the McEvoy Auditorium in the Donald W. Reynolds Center. In the unveiling was her good friend and protege Oprah Winfrey and special guests included actress Cicely Tyson, activist Julian Bond, and former ambassador Andrew Young.

In her speech, Angelou discussed the works and humanity of Martin Luther King, Jr. at length; King, who was killed on Angelou’s fortieth birthday, was a great friend of the author and a colleague in the fight for civil rights. She noted “people can only do what they know to do. Reverend King did what he knew to do. He was compassionate; he was kind.”

Along with her many accolades as a writer she also has been nominated for a Tony, Emmy, and in 2011 President Barack Obama awarded her with the Presidential Medal of freedom. One of her most well known honors, was when she became the first poet since Robert Frost to read at the presidential inauguration. Directly after Bill Clinton took his oath, she read “On the Pulse of the Morning” a work she wrote for the occasion.

Oprah Unveils Maya Angelou’s portrait for the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery

By |October 15th, 2018|Categories: Maya Angelou, Official Portraits, Press, Smithsonian|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

Maya Angelou at the National Portrait Gallery. Photo by Paul [...]

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Atlanta Artist’s Creation Immortalizes Maya Angelou on Forever Stamp

By |October 4th, 2018|Categories: Maya Angelou, Press, Smithsonian|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

A high-resolution image of the stamp is available for media [...]

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What You Haven’t Heard About the New Maya Angelou Stamp

By |July 7th, 2015|Categories: Andrew Young, Maya Angelou, Press, Rossin in the News|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

Oprah Winfrey, Michelle Obama, Ambassador Andrew Young and other notables [...]

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Conversation between Maya Angelou and NMAfA Director Johnnetta B. Cole at the unveiling of Dr. Angelou’s portrait at the National Portrait Gallery.

By |January 10th, 2015|Categories: Andrew Young, Maya Angelou, Official Portraits, Press, Rossin in the News, Smithsonian|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

In collaboration with Smithsonian colleagues from the National Museum of [...]

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Maya Angelou Gets Tributes on House Floor, at National Portrait Gallery

By |October 30th, 2014|Categories: Maya Angelou, Press, Smithsonian|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

Fifteen years ago, Essence magazine took Del. Eleanor Homes Norton [...]

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In Memoriam: ‘Maya Angelou’ on display until June 12

By |July 30th, 2014|Categories: Maya Angelou, Press, Rossin in the News, Smithsonian|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

Thursday, the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery placed on view a [...]

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Maya Angelou Painting Installed in National Portrait Gallery

By |June 10th, 2014|Categories: Maya Angelou, Press, Rossin in the News, Smithsonian|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- A portrait of Maya Angelou, unveiled in [...]

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