Maya Angelou
![Maya Angelou answers questions at her portrait unveiling at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery in Washington, April 5, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/c9e0dba5-d08c-470b-8622-e5fadf6a1de4_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Maya Angelou answers questions at her portrait unveiling at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery in Washington, April 5, 2014.
![Maya Angelou talks with Johnnetta Cole, director of the National Museum of African Art, at Maya Angelou's portrait unveiling at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery in Washington, April 5, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/7adc9928-d108-45ce-b7f6-780fa6b97b99_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Maya Angelou talks with Johnnetta Cole, director of the National Museum of African Art, at Maya Angelou's portrait unveiling at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery in Washington, April 5, 2014.
![Maya Angelou receives the 2010 Medal of Freedom from U.S. President Barack Obama at the White House, Feb. 15, 2011.](https://gdb.voanews.com/c3e59d00-561a-45a3-92b4-00749f77bc18_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Maya Angelou receives the 2010 Medal of Freedom from U.S. President Barack Obama at the White House, Feb. 15, 2011.
![South African Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu listens as author Maya Angelou delivers a tribute to him at the J. William Fulbright Prize for International Understanding Award Ceremony in Washington, Nov. 21, 2008.](https://gdb.voanews.com/bc069b9c-a401-4fe7-aa9e-4e12750cf240_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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South African Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu listens as author Maya Angelou delivers a tribute to him at the J. William Fulbright Prize for International Understanding Award Ceremony in Washington, Nov. 21, 2008.