Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  I whakahonoretia tētahi o ngā kaitito nui rawa o Amerika e te Ratonga Pouaka o Amerika i roto i tētahi huihuinga whetū i te Rātū. Ko Maya Angelou, te kaituhi rongonui o ngā pukapuka pērā i I Know Why the Cage Bird Sings me On the Pulse of Morning, i pānuihia e ia i te whakarewatanga o Bill Clinton i te tau 1993, i tukuna he tohu Forever hei whakanui i ana mahi maha me ana takoha. Ko te Wahine Tuatahi a Michelle Obama me Oprah Winfrey e rua noa iho o nga ingoa nui i tae atu ki te whakakitenga i hoatu ai ki te iwi whanui te tirohanga tuatahi ki te tohu, e whakaatu ana i te ahua o te kanohi o Angelou me tetahi o ana korero maumahara. Heoi, ko te raru ko te korero i whakahuatia mai i tetahi atu kaituhi. Panuku ki raro mō te ataata. Ko tētahi kīanga e kiia ana he kōrero nā Maya Angelou i runga i tōna tohu whakamaharatanga i tukuna e te US Postal Service, he kōrero nā tētahi atu kaituhi. I whakaatuhia te tohu i te Turei i tetahi huihuinga e whakaatu ana i te Wahine Tuatahi a Michelle Obama me te Kaiwhakahaere Matua a Megan J. Brennan (i runga ake nei) I tukuna a Maya Angelou, te kaituhi rongonui o nga pukapuka penei i te I Know Why the Cage Bird Sings me On the Pulse of Morning, i tukuna te tohu Forever mo ana takoha ki nga toi me tenei whenua. 'E kore te manu e waiata na te mea he whakautu tana, he waiata na te mea he waiata tana,' e kii ana te tohu, he korero kua roa kua whakawhiwhia ki a Angelou, me te Perehitini Obama e whakamahi ana i te raina rongonui i a ia e whakanui ana i te kaitoi i te National Medal of Arts me te National Humanities Medal 2013. I tua atu, i kitea e te Washington Post he whakaaturanga o tētahi uiuinga i whakamahia ai e Angelou anō te rerenga kōrero. I tuhia e Joan Walsh Anglund i roto i tana pukapuka 1967 A Cup of Sun; 'E kore te manu e waiata nā te mea he whakautu tana, e waiata ana nā te mea he waiata tōna.' He tau torutoru i mua i te putanga tuatahi o tēnei rerenga kōrero i te tau 1969 me te whakaputanga o te kōrero a Angelou i whakahuatia i runga ake nei, I Know Why the Cage Bird Sings, i whakamahia i roto i tētahi pukapuka tamariki e tētahi atu kaituhi Amerika. I tuhituhi a Joan Walsh Anglund, e 89 nei ona tau, i roto i tana pukapuka o te tau 1967 A Cup of Sun; 'E kore te manu e waiata nā te mea he whakautu tana, e waiata ana ia nā te mea he waiata tōna.' I roto i te...
Ko tētahi kīanga e kiia ana he kōrero nā Maya Angelou i runga i tōna tohu whakamaharatanga i tukuna e te US Postal Service, he kōrero nā tētahi atu kaituhi. 'E kore te manu e waiata nā te mea he whakautu tōna, e waiata ana nā te mea he waiata tōna,' e kī ana te tīkiti, he kīanga kua roa e kiia ana he kōrero nā Angelou. I tuhia e Joan Walsh Anglund ngā kupu i roto i tana pukapuka 1967 A Cup of Sun. Ko Angelou, te kaituhi rongonui o ngā pukapuka tawhito pēnei i te I Know Why the Cage Bird Sings, i whakawhiwhia ki te tohu Forever mō āna takoha ki ngā toi. I whakaatuhia te tohu i te Turei i tetahi huihuinga e whakaatu ana i te Wahine Tuatahi a Michelle Obama, Oprah Winfrey me te Kaiwhakahaere Matua a Megan J. Brennan.