For years, a young Maya Angelou lost the will to speak. One day, she was given a book of poems in which she once again found her voice. Fast forward, in 1993, she took the stage at the Presidential Inauguration and recited her own poetry, finishing with the lines: “The Rock cries out to us today, You may stand upon me, But do not hide your face.” Be brave, she was saying. How did she get there?