This article also partially published in Northwest
Arkansas Living™ Magazine
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Dr. Maya Angelou Connects with
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Hosts Reception, Spreads Wisdom, |
Funds Future |
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Hanging high over the timeless waters of the
Arkansas River is a modern day monument and testament to hope, culminating a body of work
for one of our greatest leaders. Despite a few personal pitfalls, William Jefferson
Clinton is arguably one of the greatest leaders of our time, and his presidential center
located in Little Rock, Arkansas, was the absolute perfect venue for the Dr. Maya Angelou
and Alltel Words of Wisdom Scholarship reception. Clinton Presidential Center |
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When I passed though the stainless steel doors and the exceptionally clean floors of the
William J. Clinton Presidential Center for the first time back in March of this year, it
was as though I was crossing a bridge into history. I had no idea what to expect. My entry
into modern day history to witness the kind deeds of scholarship presented by one of
Arkansas’ finest corporate citizens, and one of the greatest “contemporary
literary writers” of all time was simply breathtaking. Greatness was abounding. |
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I might add that this was my second and more pleasing visit to the |
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| Center. I was fortunate to be among a very select group of people invited
to witness the official dedication of the William J. Clinton Presidential Center when it
opened a year or so ago, but as I keenly remember thinking while standing in the ... |
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