Stone memorializing Maya Angelou
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Angelou, Maya
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Stone memorializing Maya Angelou
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The “Walk of Fame” was created in 1929 by then president Hamilton Holt to honor significant historical figures. The memorial is located in the center of campus around Mills Lawn.
Maya Angelou was a female black poet who wrote several major works during the Civil Rights Era which explored themes of race and gender. Her most well-known work is I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. Maya Angelou has been recognized for her work by many organizations, including receiving the Spingarn Medal for African American Achievement from the NAACP in 1994. Rollins College decided to honor Maya Angelou by placing a stone with her name engraved on it in the Rollins Walk of Fame. The stone-laying ceremony was scheduled during the regional Zora Neale Festival in January 1994, at which Angelou was a speaker. Angelou attended the stone-laying ceremony alongside President Rita Bornstein.
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12ft 2.5in by 1ft 8in stone rectangular block.
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MAYA ANGELOU
POET PROFESSOR
STAMPS, ARK
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Rollins College
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January 30, 1994
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Rollins College
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