In Stamps the segregation was so complete that most Black children didn't really, absolutely know what whites looked like. — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Few, if any, survive their teens. Most surrender to the vague but murderous pressure of adult conformity. — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
“The Black female is assaulted in her tender years by all those common forces of nature at the same time that she… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
I know why the caged bird sings, ah me, When his wing is bruised and his bosom sore,- When he beats his… — Paul Laurence Dunbar Copy Share Image
Until recently each generation found it more expedient to plead guilty to the charge of being young and ignorant, easier to take… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
“People whose history and future were threatened each day by extinction considered that it was only by divine intervention that they were… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
The needs of a society determine its ethics, and in the Black American ghettos the hero is that man who is offered… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
“It was awful to be Negro and have no control over my life. It was brutal to be young and already trained… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
