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resolution2 :i* 0 ref]r$ to ! ,committee
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,po/al ,s]vice %\ld issue a             
commemorative /amp honor+ ! life ( ,maya
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rais$ 9 ,arkansas2 ,:]eas ,maya ,angel\ 
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tal5ts z a p]=m+ arti/ at an e>ly age1  
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production ( ! ,g]%w9 op]a ,porgy &     
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#aieg2 ,:]eas ,maya ,angel\ 0 active 9 !
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,:]eas 9 #aifi1 ,maya ,angel\ wrote !   
autobiography ,i ,"k ,:y ! ,cag$ ,bird  
,s+s1 :i* catapult$ h] to int]national  
acclaim = its vivid & hone/ depiction ( 
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era2 ,:]eas ,maya ,angel\ has publi%$ m 
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collection ( poems1 ,j ,give ,me a ,cool
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h] a ,pulitz] ,prize nom9ation2 ,:]eas  
,maya ,angel\ wrote ! scre5play &       
compos$ ! score = ! #aigb film ,georgia1
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,african-,am]ican woman to be film$2    
,:]eas ,maya ,angel\ s]v$ 9 v>i\s       
capacities to sev]al ,presid5ts ( !     
,unit$ ,/ates1 includ+ ,presid5t ,g]ald 
,=d1 :o appo9t$ h] to ! ,am]ican        
,revolution ,bic5t5nial ,commission1 &  
,presid5t ,jimmy ,c>t]1 :o appo9t$ h] to
 s]ve on ! ,presid5tial ,commission = ! 
,int]national ,ye> ( ! ,woman2 ,:]eas   
,maya ,angel\ 0 ! fir/ ,african-,am]ican

 to s]ve z an ,inaugural ,poet1 au?or+ &
 recit+ ! poem ,on ! ,pulse ( ,morn+ 9  
#aiic2 ,:]eas ,maya ,angel\ 0 a         
trailblaz] 9 lit]ature & poetry :o      
bravely explor$ ! ways 9 :i* socially   
m>g9aliz+ =ces affect$ ,african-,am]ican
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,m$al ( ,arts 9 #bjjj = h] exceptional  
contributions to ,am]ican culture z an  
au?or & poet2 ,:]eas ,maya ,angel\ pass$
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,c>ol9a home at age #hf1 leav+ beh9d a  
legacy ( lit]acy a*ievem5t & an         
indelible m>k on ! movem5t = civil      
rights2 & ,:]eas issu+ a po/age /amp    
honor+ ,maya ,angel\ is fitt+ & prop]3  
,n[1 !re=e1 be x ,t x is ! s5se ( !     
,h\se ( ,repres5tatives t--  7#a7 !     
,po/ma/] ,g5]al %\ld issue a            
commemorative po/age /amp honor+ ,maya  
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be issu$ 9 ! d5om9ation us$ = fir/-class
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sale at su* "t & = su* p]iod z !        
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