This was interesting but hopefully you won’t get too close to present day since it’s harder, and you have had source issues in the past with several series.
It’s so disappointing that I had read a excerpt of “I know why the caged bird sings” in middle school but was never told about the amazing woman behind it.
@@fredrikchristensen4002 if your in America that’s by design. Politicians have introduced mandatory patriotic education like the USSR and removed things like how bad slavery was and minimizes the Civil Rights struggle.
@@zeitgeistx5239 True. Im not from The United States. But im well aware of the fact that they try to hide the messed up things they have done. I just wish they would teach these kind of things more all over the world
I had the privledge of attending a talk led by Maya Angelou, and I have to say that she was as well spoken live as she was on the page- a powerful poet, wordsmith, and inspiration.
I was in my 9th grade about 6 years ago when we did a play about the life and struggles of Maya Angelou based on her "I know Why the Caged Bird Sings". Love from India
Growing up in NC she was a prof at one of Universities here she was spoken of a good bit in the state, and I loved her poems and her writing and she is an idol of mine.
I learned about her during my African American Literature class in college and she was referenced in a sitcom I watched; it's nice to see a video on her.
Never listen about her down here. We learn something about Luther King in school, and something about Malcolm X, but I never knew anything about Maya Angelou. I'm glad to follow this channel and hear those amazing histories!
Freeman being stomped to death is still too merciful. But God you guys did amazing with this episode. Read some of Maya Angelou's in an African-American Literature class which was an amazing experience. Helped that my professor was an immigrant from Senegal 🇸🇳 and provided some unique angles to her story.
Maya Angelou was a person I never really knew too much about aside from the name. I have a suspicion I'll be reading more about her the rest of the month thanks to y'alls work. Thank you
Hats off to the teacher who empowered Maya the empowering to open up her communication options. She likely would've still been the brilliant writer she became but verbal communication makes getting ones ideas into the world slightly easier
Bro I am legit spooked. I decided to do some random research into Maya Angelou after her poetry and a quick wiki intro shake me, then youtube her name. Low and behold Extra Credits made a video on her today.
Is sad to see today that the efforts of amazing people like her seems fruitless in the sense that things have changed in baby steps instead of big leaps.
i was lucky enough to have an opportunity to hear Maya Angelou speak shortly before she died. unfortubately i was pretty young, so i don't really remember any of what she said
One thing I must say is that I really hate the term micro-aggression. Especially when it's used next to a depiction of something certainly not 'micro'. Knowingly slandering and humiliating someone knowing they'd risk harm by resisting isn't a small thing.
Feel like a broken record saying this so often but.... Check out The History of Africana Philosophy by Peter Adamson and Chike Jeffers if your interested in learning more. It's really good and it's current section, Africana Philosophy in the 20th century is extremely relevent
This summary was an incredible to a topic I was never able to ask properly about to anyone, for they wouldn't know about what it is or be offended by me asking it. Maya may represent even what was and is like to be a black woman to the whole continent. About the ones we could pay respect for here, those really are pretty much impossible for me to look up. Anyway, tl;dr thank you so much for this, Extra Credits crew! t. White Brazilian guy
So... what did Mr. Freeman do that was so horrendous? I didn't try Google because Half-Life exists, and all I got from Wiki was already covered (which is already bad enough, but I'm morbidly curious).
Please do something for Indian History like Mauryas Gupta Empire or Ancient Indian History The Conquest of India was a pretty bad series which had very little Indian history. Show MORE INDIAN HISTORY and less Colonialism.
RE LYNCHINGS: as mentioned 4x here She lived rich to middle class. There where 2 lynchings while she was living in the state of Arkansas & one after she left. (b.1928, moved to stamps 1931, last lynching was when she was 8, 4-29-36, she had already left stamps when she was 7). The 2 lynchings occurred 270 & 330 miles away from her, same distance from Manhattan to Va beach (~270 miles). This is at a time when 1 in 4 families had cars and no highways (till 1955) to drive them on. No internet or televisions (not popular till '39), so she heard by news paper, radio or someone called her on a lan line. This is a gross exaggeration to say she's hiding ppl daily in her grandmom's basement from all the "lynchings".
@@Dreagostini you mean in those 100 years, the mob of killers couldn't figure out how to use a rope.... Also the mobs in the surrounding counties were absent on "knot day" too?
@@Dreagostini I've provided 10x the information that's provided in this video and yet you're asking for a stat that NOBODY keeps track of. I'm sure, based on 100 years of county data combined with the surrounding counties data, you can conclude that it's a miniscule number that she would've never seen anyway.
Isn't that a bit harsh? I mean, I've read her autobiography and her upbringing and rags-to-riches life story is certainly inspiring. Even if her claim to fame is 'just' being married to the POTUS.
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Hi
For black history month can you do an episode on Montenegro please 🥺👉👈🇲🇪
This was interesting but hopefully you won’t get too close to present day since it’s harder, and you have had source issues in the past with several series.
“If you’re always trying to be normal, you will never know how amazing you can be.” -Maya Angelou
An excellent quote!
@@extrahistory please do on maharaja ranjit singh ji
This taught me more about Maya Angelou than an entire semester's worth of English classes
That's on purpose.
It’s so disappointing that I had read a excerpt of “I know why the caged bird sings” in middle school but was never told about the amazing woman behind it.
We're glad to have been able to give you a better view of it!
How is there only 1 reply in 2 years?
@@Jammer_r dunno man 🤷
I give massive props to this series for constantly introducing me to fascinating historical figures I'd have likely never heard about otherwise 😊
i know right. So sa we dont hear about these people more often
Thank you! We are contiually working to diversify our history presented on this channel!
@@extrahistory please do on hari singh nalwar ji please
@@fredrikchristensen4002 if your in America that’s by design. Politicians have introduced mandatory patriotic education like the USSR and removed things like how bad slavery was and minimizes the Civil Rights struggle.
@@zeitgeistx5239 True. Im not from The United States. But im well aware of the fact that they try to hide the messed up things they have done. I just wish they would teach these kind of things more all over the world
5:10 Dr. Angelou’s only son, Guy Johnson, passed away yesterday, Feb 16, 2022.
Oh wow. 😥
Yes, this is true. He passed away at the age of 77.
That's so sad 😔
"People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel" - Maya Angelou
I had the privledge of attending a talk led by Maya Angelou, and I have to say that she was as well spoken live as she was on the page- a powerful poet, wordsmith, and inspiration.
I didn't know anything about Maya before this. Dude, she's awesome!
Agreed!
I was in my 9th grade about 6 years ago when we did a play about the life and struggles of Maya Angelou based on her "I know Why the Caged Bird Sings".
Love from India
Thank you! Never got a chance to read Angelou's works before but I will put it on my to-do list. 😀
We added a few more to our list too!
Growing up in NC she was a prof at one of Universities here she was spoken of a good bit in the state, and I loved her poems and her writing and she is an idol of mine.
I learned about her during my African American Literature class in college and she was referenced in a sitcom I watched; it's nice to see a video on her.
Didn't expect this, super happy yall did it.
Never listen about her down here.
We learn something about Luther King in school, and something about Malcolm X, but I never knew anything about Maya Angelou.
I'm glad to follow this channel and hear those amazing histories!
Freeman being stomped to death is still too merciful.
But God you guys did amazing with this episode. Read some of Maya Angelou's in an African-American Literature class which was an amazing experience. Helped that my professor was an immigrant from Senegal 🇸🇳 and provided some unique angles to her story.
Agreed, anyone who would put their hands on a child that way deserves the most painful death that can possibly be inflicted and beyond.
@@moonstruck8245
Nope! That’s too easy. Death is just get out of jail card.
Solidarity Confinement is the more brutal punishment to be given.
Just love this channel, and love all the story they bring.
Even from just this video, she radiates so much inspiration or power. I hope everyone sees this video and more
Thank you for telling stories and educating us. :)
Thank you for watching!
Maya Angelou was a person I never really knew too much about aside from the name. I have a suspicion I'll be reading more about her the rest of the month thanks to y'alls work. Thank you
Hats off to the teacher who empowered Maya the empowering to open up her communication options. She likely would've still been the brilliant writer she became but verbal communication makes getting ones ideas into the world slightly easier
Love these episodes on individuals!
We certainly love making them!
What an absolutely amazing life!! Thank you for telling her story!
Absolutely amazing! Love the work you do to black history in America
Thank you!
What a well-told episode. Thanks for covering Maya Angelou.
This is so beautifully expressed thank you Extra History...
Bro I am legit spooked. I decided to do some random research into Maya Angelou after her poetry and a quick wiki intro shake me, then youtube her name. Low and behold Extra Credits made a video on her today.
Is sad to see today that the efforts of amazing people like her seems fruitless in the sense that things have changed in baby steps instead of big leaps.
Rest in peace a Hero of Civil Rights
This kinda doubles as a " so you haven't read I know why the caged bird sings"
Oh, I watched the movie about her life in high school. It was both heartbreaking and amazing.
I love your research and animation. You can tell one awesome story!
This series appeared in the perfect moment. I hope you know what you should do.
Gosh dang this was a beautiful video.
My English class is currently reading “I know why the caged bird sings”, good timing guys.
Hi Extra Credits, can you talk about Queen Liliuokalani, the last reigning monarch of Hawai’i.
Excellent educational content as always!
Wow, I'll definitely read this book
I'm so glad this channel exists, I've learned far more interesting topics from Extra Credits than I ever did at school.
There is a surprising lack of comments here... excellent video as always!
Excellent work as always!
I feel as though this video could be longer
i was lucky enough to have an opportunity to hear Maya Angelou speak shortly before she died. unfortubately i was pretty young, so i don't really remember any of what she said
Hey, love this channel, can you do a bit on Czechoslovak Legion in 1914-1920?
Still remember reading that book in school.
Awesome!
Thank you for the video.
One thing I must say is that I really hate the term micro-aggression. Especially when it's used next to a depiction of something certainly not 'micro'.
Knowingly slandering and humiliating someone knowing they'd risk harm by resisting isn't a small thing.
AFAIK yelling something slanderous at someone is indeed considered a micro-aggression.
Fun fact Maya is now on the US quarter
Great vid man
Great story
Fuck bro, imagine your about to work with two great and influential political figures and they both get iced in rapid secession.
And now she’s on the back of the quarter
“I know why the caged bird sings" maya angelou i understand
What a badass!💜🔥
Cool channel teaching about cool historical figures. It's great
5:01 is... Is the dude giving the middle finger to her?
Feel like a broken record saying this so often but.... Check out The History of Africana Philosophy by Peter Adamson and Chike Jeffers if your interested in learning more. It's really good and it's current section, Africana Philosophy in the 20th century is extremely relevent
8:11 You sure that's a "micro" aggression? That's just a little mistake, but still worth being pointed out.
Maya Angelou once said eeeeeeeeee
A life well lived, as it should, despite all odds.
She was on seasme street
Can we get a video on Toni Morrison next?
They did a video on Beloved by Toni Morrison already. But not her specifically
PANR has tuned in.
Her son died just today…
Brhu
Do an episode on Irish history
they have ones on the potato famine, viking conquest of ireland, and irish soldiers in the civil war
@@deaconlasagna8570 yeah I know but a series on the 800 years of fighting would have a lot of materials
Still I rise.
This summary was an incredible to a topic I was never able to ask properly about to anyone, for they wouldn't know about what it is or be offended by me asking it.
Maya may represent even what was and is like to be a black woman to the whole continent. About the ones we could pay respect for here, those really are pretty much impossible for me to look up.
Anyway, tl;dr thank you so much for this, Extra Credits crew!
t. White Brazilian guy
Thank you for watching!
Well said y'all!
Can you make a video on Ruby Bridges
U should do an episode on richard wright
"Maya Angelou ain't no punk bitch"
Well, this video will be banned in Florida.
Oh how he disgraced the name Freeman
interesting keep up the great videos
Will do!
nice
crash course has a series on african american history right now...(thats also why i watched this vid)
She is unreal
Please do Octavia Butler, Toni Morrison, Oprah.
They did do Beloved but I hope with International Women's History Month,EC may include them.
@@ashakiwest4244 I know but I want them to do the ppl, else I would have named the books instead.
"Maya Angelou ain't no punk b*tch"
- "Maya Angelou" 2018
wow
the swat uniforms look a bit anachronistic. i could be wrong.
Hello there
General Kenobi!
You should do a series on Martin Luther King
So... what did Mr. Freeman do that was so horrendous? I didn't try Google because Half-Life exists, and all I got from Wiki was already covered (which is already bad enough, but I'm morbidly curious).
Please do something for Indian History like Mauryas Gupta Empire or Ancient Indian History
The Conquest of India was a pretty bad series which had very little Indian history. Show MORE INDIAN HISTORY and less Colonialism.
Her son actually just died today
Algorithm go brrrrrrrr
0:03 among us paper
How about Fred Hampton
This family is not lucky in the marrige department
RE LYNCHINGS: as mentioned 4x here
She lived rich to middle class.
There where 2 lynchings while she was living in the state of Arkansas & one after she left. (b.1928, moved to stamps 1931, last lynching was when she was 8, 4-29-36, she had already left stamps when she was 7). The 2 lynchings occurred 270 & 330 miles away from her, same distance from Manhattan to Va beach (~270 miles). This is at a time when 1 in 4 families had cars and no highways (till 1955) to drive them on. No internet or televisions (not popular till '39), so she heard by news paper, radio or someone called her on a lan line. This is a gross exaggeration to say she's hiding ppl daily in her grandmom's basement from all the "lynchings".
Perhaps the fact the lynchings were low was because her grandmother was hiding them 🤔
Are these dates tried lynchings or succesfull lynchings?
@@Dreagostini you mean in those 100 years, the mob of killers couldn't figure out how to use a rope.... Also the mobs in the surrounding counties were absent on "knot day" too?
@@Alx2672 It's rude to answer a question with a question. Are you able to provide the requested information?
@@Dreagostini I've provided 10x the information that's provided in this video and yet you're asking for a stat that NOBODY keeps track of. I'm sure, based on 100 years of county data combined with the surrounding counties data, you can conclude that it's a miniscule number that she would've never seen anyway.
Cant say Michelle Obama or Opera impress me and Maxine Waters I dont even know. But Maya Angelou does.
Isn't that a bit harsh? I mean, I've read her autobiography and her upbringing and rags-to-riches life story is certainly inspiring. Even if her claim to fame is 'just' being married to the POTUS.
Hello pls notice me. It's midnight where I am
Ok
You are seen!
@@extrahistory i ask somefing bifor i rily take that to hart sorry but can you pls check
:D
I feel a so you haven’t read coming soon
Shouldn't you do an Extra History episode/series on Dahomey? Or is that inconvenient to your narrative? :)
The narative being...?
A bed where's she's been riding ??? 😳😳😳😳
Those are awful people to compare maya to
0:04 amogus