Answer: angelou

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ANGELOU

Poet who read an original piece at Clinton's first inauguration

ANGELOU

"Still I Rise" poet

ANGELOU

"I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" writer

ANGELOU
"I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" autobiographer
ANGELOU
"And Still I Rise" poet
ANGELOUNon-Pre-Columbian Maya?
ANGELOU"And Still I Rise" writer
ANGELOU"I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" autobiographer Maya
ANGELOUEminent Wake Forest professor
ANGELOULincoln Medal recipient of 2008
ANGELOUPresidential Medal of Freedom recipient in 2011
ANGELOU2011 Medal of Freedom awardee
ANGELOUPoet who wrote "On the Pulse of Morning" for Bill Clinton's first
ANGELOU"All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes" writer
ANGELOU"Gather Together in My Name" writer
ANGELOU"Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'Fore I Diiie" poet
ANGELOUPoet with a role in "Roots"
ANGELOUPoet who won three Grammys for Best Spoken Word Album
ANGELOU"On the Pulse of Morning" poet Maya
ANGELOU"The caged bird sings with a fearful trill" poet
ANGELOUWRITER MAYA
ANGELOUPoet at Clinton's first inauguration
ANGELOUClinton inaugural poet
ANGELOU1994 Spingarn Medal winner
ANGELOUPoet who read at Clinton's 1993 inauguration
ANGELOUPoet who read at President Clinton's 1993 inauguration