{"id":948,"date":"2022-05-04T17:23:35","date_gmt":"2022-05-04T17:23:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bsuhistory.uni.edu\/?p=948"},"modified":"2022-05-04T17:44:34","modified_gmt":"2022-05-04T17:44:34","slug":"maya-angelou-speaks-at-uni-newspaper-clipping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bsuhistory.uni.edu\/index.php\/2022\/05\/04\/maya-angelou-speaks-at-uni-newspaper-clipping\/","title":{"rendered":"Maya Angelou Speaks at UNI"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"892\" src=\"https:\/\/bsuhistory.uni.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Screen-Shot-2022-05-02-at-12.42.30-PM-1024x892.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bsuhistory.uni.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Screen-Shot-2022-05-02-at-12.42.30-PM-1024x892.png 1024w, https:\/\/bsuhistory.uni.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Screen-Shot-2022-05-02-at-12.42.30-PM-300x261.png 300w, https:\/\/bsuhistory.uni.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Screen-Shot-2022-05-02-at-12.42.30-PM-768x669.png 768w, https:\/\/bsuhistory.uni.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Screen-Shot-2022-05-02-at-12.42.30-PM-1536x1337.png 1536w, https:\/\/bsuhistory.uni.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Screen-Shot-2022-05-02-at-12.42.30-PM.png 1748w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-4fc3f8e1 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Creator: <\/strong>Donated Photo<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Subject:<\/strong> Maya Angelou<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Description:<\/strong> This photo features the UNI Speakers Committee and Maya Angelou (the woman in the front right). Speaking to a sold out crowd in Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Center, Angelou kicked off UNI Diversity Week September 2000. She \u201cdelighted audiences with her passionate singing\u201d she segued into her poem, \u201cWhen I get to Be a Composer.\u201d She also spoke of the importance and purpose of attaining a higher education, and concluded her speech with the poem \u201cStill I Rise\u201d and a standing ovation from audience members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Date: <\/strong>September 2, 2000<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Citation:<\/strong> Melloy, Kate, \u201cMaya Angelou rises to help UNI kick off Diversity Week,\u201d <em>Northern Iowan<\/em>,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">September 5, 2000, 4. https:\/\/indexuni.library.uni.edu\/page-image\/ni200000000132jpg.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/indexuni.library.uni.edu\/page-image\/ni200000000132jpg\">Link to newspaper article in UNI archives<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Creator: Donated Photo Subject: Maya Angelou Description: This photo features the UNI Speakers Committee and Maya Angelou (the woman in the front right). Speaking to a sold out crowd in Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Center, Angelou kicked off UNI Diversity Week September 2000. She \u201cdelighted audiences with her passionate singing\u201d she segued into her poem, \u201cWhen&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/bsuhistory.uni.edu\/index.php\/2022\/05\/04\/maya-angelou-speaks-at-uni-newspaper-clipping\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Maya Angelou Speaks at UNI<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bsuhistory.uni.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/948","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bsuhistory.uni.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bsuhistory.uni.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bsuhistory.uni.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bsuhistory.uni.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=948"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/bsuhistory.uni.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/948\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1186,"href":"https:\/\/bsuhistory.uni.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/948\/revisions\/1186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bsuhistory.uni.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bsuhistory.uni.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bsuhistory.uni.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}