-
Maya Angelou, laughs May 13, 2012, during her presentation, at Mount Zion Baptist Church in Winston-Salem, N.C. About 400 people attended the service, which was part of the church's celebration of its 123rd anniversary. She is going to headline the University of Georgia’s Week of Soul.Photo by Associated Press /Chattanooga Times Free Press.
ATHENS, Ga. — Celebrated author and poet Maya Angelou is set to headline the University of Georgia’s Week of Soul.
The week of activities and entertainment is sponsored by the University Union Student Programming Board’s Committee for Black Cultural Programs.
Angelou is scheduled to speak Feb. 5 at 7 p.m. The event is open to the public.
Angelou is a renowned poet, novelist, educator, historian, filmmaker and civil rights activist. She is a professor of American studies at Wake Forest University. Angelou has served on two presidential committees and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2011, the National Medal of Arts in 2000 and the Lincoln Medal in 2008. She also has three Grammy Awards, and more than 30 honorary degrees.
related articles »
ATHENS, Ga. — The University of Georgia plans to compare the salaries of male and female professors in an attempt ...
As college students return to campus in Georgia, a new state policy has closed the doors of the five most ...
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama recognized one former president and 14 artists, athletes, civil rights activists, humanitarians and others Tuesday ...
January 2012 1 -- Ed Jenkins, who represented North Georgia in Congress from 1977-93, dies at 78. 5 -- Gail ...
