Maya Angelou

The Liturgists Podcast

The Liturgists

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.8 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 20 February 2020

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

An American poet, singer, memoirist, and civil rights advocate. She published seven autobiographies, many books of essays, many books of poetry, and is credited with plays, movies, and television shows. She received dozens of awards and more than 50 honorary degrees. In 1969, her first autobiography "I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings" brought her into national recognition. She worked with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X. Let's talk about Maya Angelou. If you like this podcast, join The Liturgists to receive even more content like this and talk with other liturgists via our weekly video chat.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the liturgist podcast.
0:07.0	You are now listening to Black History is American History.
0:25.2	You may write me down in history with your bitter twisted lies.
0:30.0	You may trod me in the very dirt but still like dust.
0:34.9	I'll rise.
0:36.9	Does my sassiness upset you?
0:39.2	Why are you be set with gloom just because I walk as if I have oil wells pumping in
0:45.7	my living room just like suns and like moons with the certainty of tides just like hope
0:53.9	springing high.
0:56.0	Still I rise.
0:57.8	Did you want to see me broken?
1:00.0	Bowed head and lowered eyes.
1:02.6	Shoulders falling down my tear drops.
1:05.4	We can divide my soul for cries.
1:08.5	Does my sassiness upset you?
1:11.0	Don't take it so hard just because I laugh.
1:17.4	As if I have gold mines digging in my own backyard.
1:22.8	You can shoot me with your words.
1:25.1	You can cut me with your lies.
1:27.4	You can kill me with your hatefulness but just like life.
1:31.9	I'll rise.
1:33.9	Does my sassiness offend you?
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