Poet Maya Angelou's Tribute to Nelson Mandela: We Lift Our Tearful Voices to Say 'Thank You'
December 10, 2013
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as posted by the channelWe end our special coverage of the Nelson Mandela memorial with a video message delivered by the renowned poet and author Dr. Maya Angelou in his memory. They first met in 1962 before he was imprisoned. "Yes, Mandela's day is done," Angelou said. "Yet we, his inheritors, will open the gates wider for reconciliation. And we will respond generously to the cries of blacks and whites, Asians, Hispanics, the poor who live piteously on the floor of our planet."
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