Bill and Hillary Clinton Honor Maya Angelou in Harlem

BLACK VOICES

02/17/2017

Bill And Hillary Clinton Honor Maya Angelou: ‘We Are All In Her Debt’

They honored the late poet and her legacy at an event in Harlem.

By Lilly Workneh

Joseph Sinnott/2017 WNET

Bill and Hillary Clinton honor Maya Angelou at The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem. 

President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton were in Harlem, New York on Thursday to honor the legendary Dr. Maya Angelou days before the release of a new documentary on the late poet’s life and legacy.

The Clintons spoke onstage at The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, which was recently designated a national historic museum, at an event celebrating release of the documentary, “American Masters ― Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise.” The film, which debuts on PBS on Tuesday, delivers a remarkable inside look at who Angelou was as well as her impact and influence prior to and long after her May 2014 passing.
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