E-mail a friendJanuary 19, 2009
Celebrated writer Maya Angelou explains the title of her new book, Letter to My Daughter, reflects on the importance of "home" and discusses the importance of being respectful.
Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou
Celebrated author reflects on why Obama will be an amazing leader for the country. (3:04)
Full interview. (25:12)
Maya Angelou is celebrated as a poet and writer and has a notable career as an educator, producer, director, actress and civil rights activist. She was among the first African American women to hit the best-sellers lists. In '93, she became only the second poet in U.S. history to write and recite original work at a presidential inauguration. Angelou has traveled from poverty in segregated Arkansas to journalism in Africa to being hailed as a renaissance woman and one of the great voices of contemporary literature.
