Indledning
“Still, I rise” published in 1978, is an inspiring poem written by, Maya Angelou, an African American woman. Maya Angelou was known for being an American poet, memoirist and lastly civil rights activist.

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Uddrag
As racism has been an ongoing discussion for years, Maya Angelous used the poem “Still I rise” to be an example for her audience facing through the same obstacles.

In stanza eight she states, “Out of the huts of history’s shame I rise up from a past that’s rooted in pain I rise” (stanza 8. Line 1-4).