Professional Clip 11: Maya Angelou, 1993 Presidential Inauguration
Poet,
playwright, author, and professor Maya Angelou delivered her celebrated poem
“On the Pulse of Morning” at William Jefferson Clinton's Inaugural as
forty-second President of the United States. In this excerpt, Angelou speaks
clearly and effectively, reaching out to her audience with a democratic message
of possibility and the potential for a new beginning. Quoting from a poem can
be an extremely effective way to conclude a speech.