Maya Angelou would have turned 90 today. But for years, she didn't celebrate her birthday because of Martin Luther King's death

On the morning of April 4, 1968, Maya Angelou was in her New York City apartment kitchen, making all her favorite dishes — Texas chili with no beans, baked ham, candied yams and pineapple upside-down cake — in preparation for her 40th birthday celebration later that evening. Then her friend Dolly... source: http://www.latimes.com/la-na-maya-angelou-martin-luther-king-jr-20180404-story.html #Headlines by: Brian Park

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