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MAYA ANGELOU’S FINAL TWEET <\/span><\/h1>\nIS JUST AS BEAUTIFUL <\/span><\/h1>\nAS YOU’D EXPECT<\/span><\/h1>\n <\/p>\n
\n<\/div>\nBy\u00a0Kate Ward<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n![\"Jemal](\"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/maya-02-1024x708.jpg\")
<\/a>Jemal Countess\/Getty Images Entertainment\/Getty Images<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\n\nThere is perhaps no famous person more perfect for Twitter than Maya Angelou. The medium served\u00a0Angelou, who passed away at 86 years old<\/span><\/a>\u00a0Wednesday, and her followers perfectly \u2014 with just 140 characters, the famed \u201cStill I Rise\u201d poet was able to deliver inspiration, love, and beauty through her words, proving that the social media network could be valuable for more than just negativity and cat photos. \u201dLet the brain go to work<\/span><\/a>, let it meet the heart and you will be able to forgive\u201d; \u201dIf we have\u00a0someone who loves us<\/span><\/a>\u2014I don\u2019t mean who indulges us, but who loves us enough to be on our side\u2014then it\u2019s easier to grow resilience\u201d; \u201dLife loves to be taken by the lapel<\/span><\/a>\u00a0and told: \u2018I\u2019m with you kid. Let\u2019s go\u2019\u201d \u2014 it was difficult to not take Angelou\u2019s words to heart when logging onto her feed. Or not to smile when noticing the beauty in the\u00a0simplest of tweets<\/span><\/a>: \u201dThis a a wonderful day. I\u2019ve never seen this one before.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\nAnd Angelou\u2019s final tweet was just as lovely. Penned May 23, just days before she passed away after battling health problems, the poet\u2019s last 140-character contribution referenced the voice of a being she would soon meet:<\/span><\/p>\n![\"maya](\"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/maya-tweet-01.jpg\")
<\/a><\/div>\nIndeed, based on her Twitter feed, Angelou\u2019s final days were serene. Celebrating Mother\u2019s Day, the concept of \u201covercoming,\u201d her 86th birthday \u2014 the poet\u2019s life appeared filled with the joy and inspiration readers felt digesting her work. (And Angelou\u2019s family seemed to confirm that in\u00a0a statement on Facebook<\/span><\/a>, saying the poet\u2019s \u201cascension was not belabored by the loss of acuity or comprehension.\u201d\u00a0And despite the fact that she is no longer among us, even she was plenty conscious of her staying power:<\/span><\/p>\n![\"maya](\"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/maya-tweet-02.jpg\")
<\/a><\/div>\nNo question about it.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
>via: http:\/\/www.bustle.com\/articles\/25987-maya-angelous-final-tweet-is-just-as-beautiful-as-youd-expect\u00a0<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n__________________________<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
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Jan. 13, 2014<\/p>\n
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<\/p>\n\nThe Story Behind <\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\nThis Beautiful Photo <\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\nOf Maya Angelou And <\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\nAmiri Baraka\u00a0Dancing<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<\/hgroup>\nAngelou took to Facebook to share this story about the photo of her dancing with the late Baraka.posted on<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
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<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\nHeben Nigatu<\/span><\/a>\u00a0BuzzFeed Staff<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n
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After the passing of the\u00a0poet and activist<\/span><\/a>\u00a0Amiri Baraka on Thursday, many shared their remembrances of the prolific author and theworks<\/span><\/a>\u00a0he gave the world. Maya Angelou took to\u00a0Facebook<\/span><\/a>\u00a0to share the story behind this photo:<\/span><\/p>\n\n![\"Chester](\"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/maya-01.jpg\")
<\/a>Chester Higgins, Jr.\/The New York Times<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n“Amiri Baraka was already the people\u2019s poet when he answered to the name LeRoi Jones. We had a very famous photograph taken in 1991 by Chester Higgins, Jr. The photograph appeared in the New York Times. At the time the legend under said in effect, two of America\u2019s great poets dancing a traditional African rite dance over the remains of Langston Hughes at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. I telephoned Amiri Baraka and said were you doing traditional African dance, he said, \u201cNo, I was doing the jitterbug.\u201d I said I was doing the Texas hop and it became a Jet magazine centerpiece. Rest in peace my brother. I give condolences to everybody, because when a poet dies something hopeful in the national psyche disappears.”<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n
AS YOU’D EXPECT<\/span><\/h1>\n <\/p>\n
\n<\/div>\nBy\u00a0Kate Ward<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/a>Jemal Countess\/Getty Images Entertainment\/Getty Images<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\n\nThere is perhaps no famous person more perfect for Twitter than Maya Angelou. The medium served\u00a0Angelou, who passed away at 86 years old<\/span><\/a>\u00a0Wednesday, and her followers perfectly \u2014 with just 140 characters, the famed \u201cStill I Rise\u201d poet was able to deliver inspiration, love, and beauty through her words, proving that the social media network could be valuable for more than just negativity and cat photos. \u201dLet the brain go to work<\/span><\/a>, let it meet the heart and you will be able to forgive\u201d; \u201dIf we have\u00a0someone who loves us<\/span><\/a>\u2014I don\u2019t mean who indulges us, but who loves us enough to be on our side\u2014then it\u2019s easier to grow resilience\u201d; \u201dLife loves to be taken by the lapel<\/span><\/a>\u00a0and told: \u2018I\u2019m with you kid. Let\u2019s go\u2019\u201d \u2014 it was difficult to not take Angelou\u2019s words to heart when logging onto her feed. Or not to smile when noticing the beauty in the\u00a0simplest of tweets<\/span><\/a>: \u201dThis a a wonderful day. I\u2019ve never seen this one before.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\nAnd Angelou\u2019s final tweet was just as lovely. Penned May 23, just days before she passed away after battling health problems, the poet\u2019s last 140-character contribution referenced the voice of a being she would soon meet:<\/span><\/p>\n<\/a><\/div>\nIndeed, based on her Twitter feed, Angelou\u2019s final days were serene. Celebrating Mother\u2019s Day, the concept of \u201covercoming,\u201d her 86th birthday \u2014 the poet\u2019s life appeared filled with the joy and inspiration readers felt digesting her work. (And Angelou\u2019s family seemed to confirm that in\u00a0a statement on Facebook<\/span><\/a>, saying the poet\u2019s \u201cascension was not belabored by the loss of acuity or comprehension.\u201d\u00a0And despite the fact that she is no longer among us, even she was plenty conscious of her staying power:<\/span><\/p>\n<\/a><\/div>\nNo question about it.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
>via: http:\/\/www.bustle.com\/articles\/25987-maya-angelous-final-tweet-is-just-as-beautiful-as-youd-expect\u00a0<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n__________________________<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
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Jan. 13, 2014<\/p>\n
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<\/p>\n\nThe Story Behind <\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\nThis Beautiful Photo <\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\nOf Maya Angelou And <\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\nAmiri Baraka\u00a0Dancing<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<\/hgroup>\nAngelou took to Facebook to share this story about the photo of her dancing with the late Baraka.posted on<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
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\n\n\n<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\nHeben Nigatu<\/span><\/a>\u00a0BuzzFeed Staff<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n
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After the passing of the\u00a0poet and activist<\/span><\/a>\u00a0Amiri Baraka on Thursday, many shared their remembrances of the prolific author and theworks<\/span><\/a>\u00a0he gave the world. Maya Angelou took to\u00a0Facebook<\/span><\/a>\u00a0to share the story behind this photo:<\/span><\/p>\n\n<\/a>Chester Higgins, Jr.\/The New York Times<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n“Amiri Baraka was already the people\u2019s poet when he answered to the name LeRoi Jones. We had a very famous photograph taken in 1991 by Chester Higgins, Jr. The photograph appeared in the New York Times. At the time the legend under said in effect, two of America\u2019s great poets dancing a traditional African rite dance over the remains of Langston Hughes at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. I telephoned Amiri Baraka and said were you doing traditional African dance, he said, \u201cNo, I was doing the jitterbug.\u201d I said I was doing the Texas hop and it became a Jet magazine centerpiece. Rest in peace my brother. I give condolences to everybody, because when a poet dies something hopeful in the national psyche disappears.”<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n
By\u00a0Kate Ward<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Jemal Countess\/Getty Images Entertainment\/Getty Images<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n There is perhaps no famous person more perfect for Twitter than Maya Angelou. The medium served\u00a0Angelou, who passed away at 86 years old<\/span><\/a>\u00a0Wednesday, and her followers perfectly \u2014 with just 140 characters, the famed \u201cStill I Rise\u201d poet was able to deliver inspiration, love, and beauty through her words, proving that the social media network could be valuable for more than just negativity and cat photos. \u201dLet the brain go to work<\/span><\/a>, let it meet the heart and you will be able to forgive\u201d; \u201dIf we have\u00a0someone who loves us<\/span><\/a>\u2014I don\u2019t mean who indulges us, but who loves us enough to be on our side\u2014then it\u2019s easier to grow resilience\u201d; \u201dLife loves to be taken by the lapel<\/span><\/a>\u00a0and told: \u2018I\u2019m with you kid. Let\u2019s go\u2019\u201d \u2014 it was difficult to not take Angelou\u2019s words to heart when logging onto her feed. Or not to smile when noticing the beauty in the\u00a0simplest of tweets<\/span><\/a>: \u201dThis a a wonderful day. I\u2019ve never seen this one before.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n And Angelou\u2019s final tweet was just as lovely. Penned May 23, just days before she passed away after battling health problems, the poet\u2019s last 140-character contribution referenced the voice of a being she would soon meet:<\/span><\/p>\n Indeed, based on her Twitter feed, Angelou\u2019s final days were serene. Celebrating Mother\u2019s Day, the concept of \u201covercoming,\u201d her 86th birthday \u2014 the poet\u2019s life appeared filled with the joy and inspiration readers felt digesting her work. (And Angelou\u2019s family seemed to confirm that in\u00a0a statement on Facebook<\/span><\/a>, saying the poet\u2019s \u201cascension was not belabored by the loss of acuity or comprehension.\u201d\u00a0And despite the fact that she is no longer among us, even she was plenty conscious of her staying power:<\/span><\/p>\n No question about it.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n __________________________<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Jan. 13, 2014<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n\n Angelou took to Facebook to share this story about the photo of her dancing with the late Baraka.posted on<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n After the passing of the\u00a0poet and activist<\/span><\/a>\u00a0Amiri Baraka on Thursday, many shared their remembrances of the prolific author and theworks<\/span><\/a>\u00a0he gave the world. Maya Angelou took to\u00a0Facebook<\/span><\/a>\u00a0to share the story behind this photo:<\/span><\/p>\n Chester Higgins, Jr.\/The New York Times<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n “Amiri Baraka was already the people\u2019s poet when he answered to the name LeRoi Jones. We had a very famous photograph taken in 1991 by Chester Higgins, Jr. The photograph appeared in the New York Times. At the time the legend under said in effect, two of America\u2019s great poets dancing a traditional African rite dance over the remains of Langston Hughes at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. I telephoned Amiri Baraka and said were you doing traditional African dance, he said, \u201cNo, I was doing the jitterbug.\u201d I said I was doing the Texas hop and it became a Jet magazine centerpiece. Rest in peace my brother. I give condolences to everybody, because when a poet dies something hopeful in the national psyche disappears.”<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n<\/a><\/a><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\nThe Story Behind <\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n
This Beautiful Photo <\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n
Of Maya Angelou And <\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n
Amiri Baraka\u00a0Dancing<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<\/hgroup>\n
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