Maya Angelou Spoke of W.E.B DuBois in One of Her Last Interviews

By Jamilah King Aug 07, 2014

In one of the last interviews she gave before her death earlier this year, Maya Angelou joined scholar Arnold Rampersad and poet Elizabeth Alexander on American Public Media to talk about W.E.B. DuBois’ legacy.

Angelou said of DuBois, "For a black man at that time to teach and to learn and to study under those circumstances when people were being lynched…what Dr. DuBois showed is that he had enormous courage."

The interview is about 51 minutes long; but Angelou’s segment starts at around 48:55.

(h/t New Black Man)