ACCENT Presents Celebrated Author, Poet, and Civil Rights Activist, Maya Angelou

The ACCENT Speaker’s Bureau, Black History Month, and Women’s History Month at the University of Florida will bring global Renaissance woman, poet, novelist and civil rights activist, Maya Angelou, to campus on Feb. 27.

Best known for her autobiography, I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings, Angelou’s fast résumé includes, among other positions, being an actress, educator, dramatist, producer, and historian.

Angelou served on two presidential committees sand holds various awards including three Grammy Awards and Presidential Medal of Arts. She was also nominated for a Pulitzer Prize for her script of her movie Georgia, Georgia, the first screenplay by an African American woman ever to be filmed.

Angelou is recognized as an influential leader in the African American community and was an avid civil rights advocated working alongside both Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr.

Currently Reynolds Professor of American Studies at Wake Forest University, Angelou has received over 30 honorary degrees.

The program starts at 8:00 p.m. at the Curtis M. Phillips Center for Performing Arts. Doors open at 7:00 p.m. Photography will not be allowed during the program, but press may record and photograph during the first five minutes of the remark. While admission is free and open to the public, ACCENT requests that guests bring jars of peanut butter and jelly, as well as other kid-friendly food items, for the students at Idlewild Elementary as part of UF’s Project Makeover.

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