Filter By Subjects
African American women authors African American women authors Biography African American women civil rights workers Biography American literature Indian authors American literature Indian authors Biography Angelou, Maya Authors, American Authors, American 20th century Biography Momaday, N. Scott 1934-Filter By Subjects
African American women authors African American women authors Biography African American women civil rights workers Biography American literature Indian authors American literature Indian authors Biography Angelou, Maya Authors, American Authors, American 20th century Biography Momaday, N. Scott 1934-Summary: Examines the life and legacy of African American poet, memoirist, and civil rights worker Maya Angelou, from her upbringing in the Depression-era South to her work with Malcolm X in Ghana to the recitation of her inaugural poem for President Bill Clinton. Includes Angelou's own words woven together with archival photographs and videos as well as interviews with Angelou's friends and family.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MAYSummary: Words from a Bear gives a thorough survey of Momaday's most prolific years as a doctorate fellow at Stanford University, his achievement of the Pulitzer Prize for Literature in 1969, and his later works that solidified his place as the founding member of the 'Native American Renaissance' in art and literature, influencing a generation of Native American artists, scholars, and political activists.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019