The Caged Bird still sings
At 80, Maya Angelou says life is still an adventure
Hillel Italie
NEW YORK — It takes just seconds to leave behind this muted Harlem side street and enter the parlor of Maya Angelou’s brownstone, a step as bright and quick as a black and white film dissolving into Technicolor. Full story
Comedian and author Bill Cosby (left) emphasizes a point during a recent presentation as Dr. Alvin Poussaint (right) listens. The two appeared last week at a discussion and signing of their book Scenes
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For Patrick, a loss in Hub, a win in N.Y.
Glen Johnson
Gov. Deval Patrick was out of state when his casino gambling plan, a cornerstone of his economic program, went down to defeat. But the mystery of his whereabouts has been solved.
The state’s first black governor was in New York City, shopping an autobiography much like that of his kindred political spirit, Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama. Full story
A call to business led to one of her own
Jin-ah Kim
It’s 4 o’clock in the afternoon, and beneath the large windows in her home office, Jameel Webb-Davis is a blur.
One minute, she’s closing manila folders stuffed with paper and stacking them on her wooden desk. The next minute, she’s racing downstairs into the kitchen, where she hurriedly packs pineapple slices into Tupperware, grabs a banana and a container of yogurt, and hunts for her 3-year-old son Quinton’s favorite red lunchbox. When the search goes south, she settles on a brown paper bag.
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