Dr. Maya Angelou
ESSENTIAL QUESTION:
WHAT IS THE FIRST SENTENCE OF YOUR UNTOLD STORY?
WHO DO YOU BELONG TO?
See Margaret Walker’s, Lineage
See Girl Trek’s #daughtersof
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:
WHAT IS THE STORY OF YOUR MOTHER’S NAME?
IN WHAT WAYS DOES YOUR HOME-CULTURE S/MOTHER YOU?
The Mask, by Paul Laurence Dunbar, read by Dr. Maya Angelou; interwoven with her own poem, remembering our debt to those who come before us, those who suffered indignity to ensure our survival. See full program below (Master Class) Photo: Hugh Bell NYPL Collections: "The Blacks”
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:
WHOSE SHOULDERS ARE YOU STANDING ON?
WHAT DID THE ANCESTORS ENDURE FOR YOU? / WHO ARE YOU LIFTING UP?
DO YOU WEAR THE MASK?
See also Margaret Walker’s, For My People & Lucille Clifton’s, Miss Rosie.
ESSENTIAL QUESTION:
WHAT MAKES YOU SO FIERCE AND UNCONQUERABLE?
See also, Nikki Giovanni’s, Ego-Tripping” & “Nikki-Rosa.”
CALYPSO HEAT WAVE (1957)
