Still Maya Angelou Rises

If it is true that a person will be remembered for how they made people feel, then let me tell you, Maya Angelou was positivity unrestrained, a force of optimism and a boon to the human spirit, a person who in words made it clear that words themselves mattered because they were how the human mind expressed itself even to a contrary world. Her experience and eloquence touched many people and she will live on in fierce words and kind words, in powerful words and soft words that turned away wrath, in wisdom and with the affection of many to whom she was a voice of inspiration. As many writers do, she wrote her epitaph again and again, in her case, with no false words and also with acts of grace.

She remains a uniquely American treasure.