[LibertyRocks]

Catching up here... Excellent thread, and it was desperately needed - at least for myself! LOL

I noticed you made a brief mention of Maya Angelou (living in Harlem for a time before marrying the African man). I read an autobiography of Maya’s that I picked up at the thrift store — only got 3/4 of the way through when I realized how incredibly socialist/communist she really is and couldn’t force myself to read through to the end... This is all from memory, and I’d have to find the books to give you names... And, there is much more than I can explain here, too...

A few things I remember — how she described meeting Louis Farrakhan, how she remembered lavish parties attended by various “leaders” when married to the African guy and living in Cairo. How enamoured she and her friends all were with Fidel Castro and the Cuban Revolution, etc...

As I said there are many names, and dates in that book. If I can find it readily I will scan back through it...

However, it is important to note here the modern tie-in — Oprah is a devotee of Maya Angelou (I would suspect it’s like a mother-daughter relationship in many ways). AND, we all know how exciting Obama’s candidacy and presidency is for Oprah. There are probably even more tie-ins via the women of ALL of these men in question as well.

Thanks for all the hard work on this thread — back to reading through the posts! :)

[skinkinthegrass]

bump to the top.....
thanks, for the information / post..

[Fred Nerks]

...However, it is important to note here the modern tie-in — Oprah is a devotee of Maya Angelou (I would suspect it’s like a mother-daughter relationship in many ways). AND, we all know how exciting Obama’s candidacy and presidency is for Oprah. There are probably even more tie-ins via the women of ALL of these men in question as well.

an unbroken chain...

[Jedidah]

Did Stanley Ann Dunham Obama? Soetoro name her daughter after Maya Angelou? Perhaps those paths did, indeed, cross in Africa in 1961.