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lil · 3874 days ago · link · · parent · post: Maya Angelou, Lyrical Witness of the Jim Crow South, Dies at 86 - NYTimes.com
“If growing up is painful for the Southern Black girl, being aware of her displacement is the rust on the razor that threatens the throat,” Ms. Angelou wrote in “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.”
An absolutely chilling line from her memoir.