What society was like for Maya Angelou ?

This time period was bad . American Civil Rights Movement (1955–1968) refers to the reform movements in the United States aimed at abolishing racial discrimination against African Americans and restoring suffrage in Southern states. particularly in the South. By 1966, the emergence of the Black Power Movement, which lasted roughly from 1966 to 1975, enlarged the aims of the Civil Rights Movement to include racial dignity, economic and political self-sufficiency, and freedom from White domination.
Many of those who were most active in the Civil Rights Movement, with organizations such as SNCC, CORE and SCLC, prefer the term "Southern Freedom Movement" because the struggle was about far more than just civil rights under law; Well , Dr. Angelou, worked with Martin Luther King, Jr. at the height of the Civil Rights Movement.
The interviewer asked Maya What was Dr. King really like, personally?
Maya Angelou: Dr. King was a human being. He had a sense of humor which was wonderful.

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