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Dec 2020
34m 25s

Dr. Maya Angelou

Oprah
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From April 4, 2002: Poet, writer and icon Dr. Maya Angelou joins Oprah to celebrate her 74th birthday on the Oprah Winfrey Show and discuss her New York Times best-selling book, A Song Flung Up to Heaven. Dr. Angelou opens up about motherhood, growing older and the lessons she learned from her friends Malcom X and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (Dr. Angelou passed away in 2014 at the age of 86.)

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