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Tuesday, December 7, 2010

How Libraries Changed Maya Angelou's Life

"How Libraries Changed Maya Angelou's Life." Huffington Post / Angela Montefinise.
New York: Huffington Post Online, October 29th 2010.

"Reading was soothing, and soon, she was writing. She had found what she was meant to do.
"I always knew from that moment, from the time I found myself at home in that little segregated library in the South, all the way up until I walked up the steps of the New York City library, I always felt, in any town, if I can get to a library, I'll be OK. It really helped me as a child, and that never left me. So I have a special place for every library, in my heart of hearts." "