Tue Oct 16, 2012, 07:23 PM

Cha (124,594 posts)

In The Spirit of GOTV! Maya Angelou receives the Medal of Freedom Honor and a kiss from PBO

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“You may be pretty or plain, heavy or thin, gay or straight, poor or rich. But nobody has more votes than you. All human beings are more equal to each other than they are unequal. And voting is the great equalizer.”

Maya Angelou

http://theobamadiary.com/

Edit..changed the "Honor"

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In The Spirit of GOTV! Maya Angelou receives the Medal of Freedom Honor and a kiss from PBO (Original post)	Cha	Oct 2012	OP
Incredible picture. Great quote.	TDale313	Oct 2012	#1
Whose life did she save?	aquart	Oct 2012	#2
Sorry, I had read Congressional Medal of Honor and	Cha	Oct 2012	#4
The Congressional Metal of Honor is a military award	upaloopa	Oct 2012	#3
Yes, you're right..I changed it..	Cha	Oct 2012	#5
Maya Angelou, our national treasure, a beautiful human being	crunch60	Oct 2012	#6
Oh dear, crunch.. I did not know that about Maya..	Cha	Oct 2012	#7
She wrote part of her story in the book	dixiegrrrrl	Oct 2012	#8
Thank you, dixiegrrrrl	Cha	Oct 2012	#9
Very beautiful!	JNelson6563	Oct 2012	#10

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Tue Oct 16, 2012, 07:29 PM

TDale313 (1,316 posts)

1. Incredible picture. Great quote.

Thanks for posting.

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Tue Oct 16, 2012, 07:37 PM

aquart (67,538 posts)

2. Whose life did she save?

The Congressional Medal of Honor is our highest military medal offered only for extreme valor.

The Medal of Freedom is how we honor civilians we like. There's a difference.

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Tue Oct 16, 2012, 07:44 PM

Cha (124,594 posts)

4. Sorry, I had read Congressional Medal of Honor and

just went with it.. now, I've learned something.

Thanks for pointing that out, aquart!

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Tue Oct 16, 2012, 07:38 PM

upaloopa (2,078 posts)

3. The Congressional Metal of Honor is a military award

only

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Tue Oct 16, 2012, 07:45 PM

Cha (124,594 posts)

5. Yes, you're right..I changed it..

thank you, upaloopa!

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Tue Oct 16, 2012, 08:03 PM

crunch60 (1,412 posts)

6. Maya Angelou, our national treasure, a beautiful human being

and magnificent poet and author. I saw her in person three times, listening to her recite some of her poetry moved me to tears. I have read most of her books, and can recite much of her poetry from memory.

I felt very connected to her because of the terrible racism she and her grandmother experienced growing up in Stamps, AK. The child in me, connected with the child in her, and how hurtful those racist actions and words must have been to her.

We are all so blessed that she "found her voice" after not speaking for five years when she was a child, the results of a terrible rape by a friend of her Mother's and his subsequent murder, leaving Maya feeling responsible for his death.

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Tue Oct 16, 2012, 08:09 PM

Cha (124,594 posts)

7. Oh dear, crunch.. I did not know that about Maya..

I do know though that I was moved to tears just reading her thoughts on Voting being the Great Equalizer!

Thank you for adding your knowledge to this thread..it is very sad about the ugly racism that was experienced by all who have to endure it.

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Wed Oct 17, 2012, 12:31 PM

dixiegrrrrl (30,819 posts)