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Celebrating Black voices: Here s a look back at Dr. Maya Angelou s Bay Area connection, legacy
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OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) As millions of Americans clung to the poem flowing from National Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman during President Joe Biden s inauguration, it was hard not to draw connections to a scene in that same spot decades earlier.
In 1993, Dr. Maya Angelou became the first female inaugural poet in U.S. presidential history. In Gorman s words, If you can t see it. It s hard to become it.
I think its beautifully poetic the way their work weaves together, but also the impact it has had just on our community at large, said Nia McAllister, public programs manager at the Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD). ....

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