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Still I Rise: A Cartoon History of African Americans is a book co-authored by Roland Owen Laird Jr. and Taneshia Nash Laird. It is illustrated by Elihu Adolfo Bey. First published in September 1997, it told the history of African Americans in a 200+ page cartoon narrative.
Critic Robert B. Stepto states that the poem "One More Round", in And Still I Rise is heavily influenced by the work and protest songs of the past. The even-number stanzas in the eight-stanza poem create a refrain like those found in many work songs and are variations of many protest poems.
The previous edition of A Graphic History is Still I Rise: A Cartoon History of African Americans. A Cartoon History spans the history of African peoples in America between the time periods of 1618, when the first skilled African craftspeople and farmers were brought over as indentured servants, to the Million Man March of 1995.
Maya Angelou's "Still I Rise" poem remains an anthem for the oppressed's struggle against the powerful, especially Black women. Themes of dignity and strength are inspiring.
A new trailer for "Simone Biles Rising" from Netflix shows the gymnast in action, set to Viola Davis reading an excerpt from "Still I Rise" by Maya Angelou.
Still I Rise: A Cartoon History of African Americans, a 1997 book coauthored by Roland Owen Laird Jr. and Taneshia Nash Laird Still I Rise: A Graphic History of African Americans, a 2009 update of the 1997 book; Still I Rise, a 1999 album by 2Pac and the Outlawz "Still I Rise", a song by Yolanda Adams from the 1998 album Songs from the Heart ...
In 1993, Angelou recited her poem "On the Pulse of Morning" (1993) at the first inauguration of Bill Clinton, making her the first poet to make an inaugural recitation since Robert Frost at the inauguration of John F. Kennedy in 1961. With the publication of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Angelou publicly discussed aspects of her personal ...
Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'fore I Diiie (1971) is the first collection of poems by African-American writer and poet Maya Angelou.Many of the poems in Diiie were originally song lyrics, written during Angelou's career as a night club performer, and recorded on two albums before the publication of Angelou's first autobiography I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969).