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Last Thursday, at a special preview event for the new documentary “American Masters - Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise” at The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in New York, Dr. Maya Angelou’s grandson nso Colin John (right), Co-Founder and Principal of Caged Bird Legacy, LLC, presented Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton (left) and President Bill Clinton (center) with a plaque of Dr. Maya Angelou’s inauguration poem, “On The Pulse of Morning,” that flew on the Orion Exploration Flight Test-1 (EFT-1) December 5, 2014. Photo: Joseph Sinnott/©2017 WNET

PBS Honors the Life of Dr. Maya Angelou

James Baldwin (Allan Warren/Wikimedia Commons)

“I Am Not Your Negro” Receives Oscar Nod

“1967: Civil Rights at 50” tells the dramatic story of the growing militancy of the struggle for racial justice in 1967. The exhibit uses powerful photos and images of historic newspapers and magazines to explore how African Americans used their First Amendment rights to fight for change — at times at great cost. Photo: Neal Boenzi/New York Times Co./Getty Images

The Newseum Opens ‘1967: Civil Rights at 50’ Exhibition

Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro has appointed Poughkeepsie resident Bettina “Gold” Wilkerson as the County’s 2017 Poet Laureate. Ms. Wilkerson will read her poetry at the 2017 State of the County Address.

2017 Dutchess County Poet Laureate is Appointed

Actor Armand Assante, an Orange County native, joined festival organizers and elected officials in Greenwood Lake Wednesday afternoon for the announcement. Festival founder and Chairman Kenneth Del Vecchio called Assante “a rare talent” worthy of joining previous recipients, including Charles Durning, Cloris Leachman and Paul Sorvino.

Hollywood’s Legends to Highlight Film Fest

Acclaimed multicultural percussionist, Jeff Haynes, sits behind a Hang Drum, one of several types of drums he played Saturday at the Poughkeepsie Public Library. Haynes, a City of Beacon resident, along with a guest musician, Sean Harkness, and other music guests, entertained the crowd for an hour with a rhythmic journey titled, "Listen to the Rhythms of Black History," a celebration honoring Martin Luther King, Jr. as well as Black History Month. Photo: For the Hudson Valley Press/JENNIFER WARREN

Haynes Honors Martin Luther King Jr., Pete Seeger

Lecture on Motown and the Civil Rights Movement