Maya Angelou dies at the age of 86

Photo: Kris Connor/Getty Images Civil rights activist, poet and author, Maya Angelou has died at the age of 86. Her family confirmed the news in a statement on Wednesday: “Dr. Maya Angelou passed quietly in her home before 8:00 a.m. EST. Her family is extremely grateful that her ascension was not belabored by…

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Architect: Maya Lin

Today, Atlanta Free Speech highlights Maya Lin (born 1960). As the designer of two of America’s most powerful monuments — The Civil Rights Memorial in Montgomery, Alabama, and The Vietnam Memorial in Washington, D.C., Lin has distinguished herself as the most acclaimed site-specific architect of contemporary America. Because of her…

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