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Louis Gossett, Jr. honors Maya Angelou's storytelling impact

Lou Gossett, Jr. discusses Dr. Maya Angelou’s role as a "matriarch."

Louis Gossett, Jr. honors Maya Angelou's storytelling impact American Masters

Premiered December 18, 2023
Louis Gossett, Jr. honors Maya Angelou's storytelling impact

On December 8, 2014, Lou Gossett, Jr. sat down for a conversation about Dr. Maya Angelou’s role as a "matriarch" in the lineage of Black storytellers. Interview conducted by directors Rita Coburn and Bob Hercules for "Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise" (2017).

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