“It’s a bleak morning for me and for many people and yet it’s a great morning because we have a chance to look at her and see what she did and who she was. It’s bleak because I can’t – many of us can’t hear her sweet voice but it’s great because she did live, and she was ours. I mean African-Americans and white Americans and Asians, Spanish-speaking – she belonged to us and that’s a great thing.” – Maya Angelou
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"It’s a bleak morning for me and for many people and yet it’s a great morning because we have a chance to look at her and see what she did and who she was. It’s bleak because I can’t – many of us can’t hear her sweet voice but it’s great because she did live, and she was ours. I mean African-Americans and white Americans and Asians, Spanish-speaking – she belonged to us and that’s a great thing." – Maya Angelou
"It’s a bleak morning for me and for many people and yet it’s a great morning because we have a chance to look at her and see what she did and who she was. It’s bleak because I can’t – many of us can’t hear her sweet voice but it’s great because she did live, and she was ours. I mean African-Americans and white Americans and Asians, Spanish-speaking – she belonged to us and that’s a great thing." – Maya Angelou
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