U.S. institutions honor late poet Maya Angelou with exhibits, film

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By Laila Kearney NEW YORK (Reuters) - Institutions as diverse as the New York Public Library and Major League Baseball paid homage on Friday to African-American poet and author Maya Angelou, who died in her North Carolina home this week at the age of 86. The New York Public Library opened an exhibit featuring letters between Angelou and civil rights activist Malcolm X, the handwritten manuscript to her groundbreaking memoir "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" and school assignments dating back to 1937. "We're hoping that by looking at this, people will see a broader scope of her hopes of her accomplishments but also her concerns and her interests," said Mary Yearwood, a curator at the library's Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Also on Friday, Major League Baseball will show a video featuring Angelou as part of its planned Civil Rights Game festivities in Houston, league spokesman Steven Arocho said.

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