Brainwaves Video Anthology
Amanda Jones - Teachers Make a Difference - Dr. Shirley McDonald
Amanda Jones love of reading began with her mother, a former kindergarten teacher who encouraged books at home, and was nurtured by supportive teachers throughout your school years. In high school, she met Dr. Shirley McDonald, the first...
Bedtime History
History of Maya Angelou for Kids | Bedtime History
Learn about the famous author and poet who helped the Civil Rights Movement and changed the world with her inspiring words and life story.
Wonderscape
Maya Angelou’s Later Years and Lasting Legacy
This video explores Maya Angelou’s incredible legacy, from her Emmy-nominated role in Roots to her iconic poem Still I Rise. It highlights her time as a professor, her impactful inauguration poem for President Bill Clinton, and the...
Wonderscape
Maya Angelou’s Journey: Writing and Civil Rights
This video explores Maya Angelou’s time as a dancer, her global travels, and her decision to pursue writing. It highlights her experiences with the Harlem Writers Guild, her involvement in the Civil Rights Movement, and the encouragement...
Wonderscape
Maya Angelou: A Life in Writing and Beyond
This video explores Maya Angelou's rise to fame as a writer, starting with her groundbreaking memoir I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. It highlights her success in poetry, her Pulitzer-nominated collection Just Give Me a Cool Drink of...
Wonderscape
Maya Angelou’s Early Life: Finding Her Voice
This video explores the early life of Maya Angelou, from her challenging childhood in segregated Stamps, Arkansas, to becoming the first African-American cable car conductor in San Francisco. It highlights her journey of overcoming...
Communication Coach Alex Lyon
Rhetorical Devices For Persuasion
These Top 10 Rhetorical Devices for Persuasion and Public Speaking will enhance the persuasiveness of your speeches. These are also called Rhetorical Techniques or Literary Devices or that writers use in speeches and writing to enhance...
Curated Video
Maya Angelou: the First Black Woman to be Featured on a United States Quarter Coin
Maya Angelou was an American poet, memoirist, and civil rights, activist. She was the first Black woman to be featured on a United States quarter coin (25 cent coin) When she was eight, she was raped by her mother's boyfriend and chose...
Red Rock Films
Who was Maya Angelou?
How a once-silent little girl came to be a powerful voice involved in some of the most significant events in modern history.
Wonderscape
Maya Angelou: A Life of Inspiration
This video transcript provides a detailed overview of Maya Angelou's life, from her difficult childhood in a segregated community to her rise as a renowned author and poet. It highlights her influential works, such as "I Know Why the...
Curated Video
San Francisco mayor pledges sanctuary city role
In her first state of the city address, San Francisco Mayor London Breed swiped Wednesday at the White House over civil rights, pledged a ballot measure to speed up the construction of affordable housing, and vowed to take advantage of a...
Curated Video
Diahann Carroll, pioneering actress, dies at 84
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Curated Video
Anna May Wong One Of 5 Women To Grace U.S. Quarters
She is the first Asian American movie star and is commemorated as one of the great actresses of the Golden Age of film.
Curated Video
Former Wake Forest provost Edwin Wilson is one of the faculty members who recruited Maya Angelou to teach at the school. Angelou, a renaissance woman and cultural pioneer, died Wednesday at her home in North Carolina. (May 28)
Maya Angelou's story awed millions. A childhood victim of rape, she broke through silence and shame to tell her tale in one of the most widely read memoirs of the 20th century. A black woman born into poverty and segregation, she recited...
Curated Video
New York dignitaries pay tribute to late Nobel laureate at memorial
Former US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Nobel laureate Toni Morrison were among the speakers at a tribute in New York to Maya Angelou, the author, poet and stage performer who died earlier this year.
The event, held on...
Curated Video
Authors Maya Angelou and E. L. Doctorow received lifetime achievement awards Wednesday night at the 2013 National Book Awards Ceremony and Benefit Dinner. (Nov. 20)
Authors Maya Angelou rand E. L. Doctorow received lifetime achievement awards Wednesday night at the 2013 National Book Awards Ceremony and Benefit Dinner.
Angelou, 85, is the author of "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" and "On the...
Curated Video
New York dignitaries pay tribute to late Nobel laureate at memorial
Former US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Nobel laureate Toni Morrison were among the speakers at a tribute in New York to Maya Angelou, the author, poet and stage performer who died earlier this year.
The event, held on...
Curated Video
U.S. First lady Michelle Obama lauded poet, Maya Angelou as the first person who let her know she could be a strong and smart black woman, joining other famous admirers, family and friends in a private memorial service Saturday. (June 7)
US First lady Michelle Obama lauded poet, orator and sage Maya Angelou as the first person who let her know she could be a strong and smart black woman, joining other famous admirers and friends in a private memorial service Saturday...
Curated Video
Rosie O'Donnell returns to acting for "SMILF"
ROSIE O'DONNELL RETURNS TO ACTING FOR "SMILF"
Rosie O'Donnell returns to acting in the new Showtime series "SMILF."
Produced, written and directed by Frankie Shaw, the show follows Bridgette, a single mom...
Curated Video
San Francisco mayor pledges sanctuary city role
In her first state of the city address, San Francisco Mayor London Breed swiped Wednesday at the White House over civil rights, pledged a ballot measure to speed up the construction of affordable housing, and vowed to take advantage of a...
Curated Video
USA : "TO WOO FONG.." MOVIE OPENS THIS WEEKEND
English/Nat
A new comedy starring Wesley Snipes, Patrick Swayze and Latino film star John Leguizamo in "drag" opens this weekend in the U.S.
"To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar," is the first mainstream Hollywood feature to...
Curated Video
President Obama handed out National Medal of Art awards and National Humanities Medals at the White House on Monday. (July 28)
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Singer Linda Ronstadt has gotten the answer to that question she's been asking for decades: "When Will I Be Loved?"
The answer came Monday at the White House. President Barack Obama hung a...