FILE - This March 12, 1972 file photo shows poet and social activist Amiri Baraka speaking during the Black Political Convention in Gary, Ind. Maya Angelou is mourning her friend Amiri Baraka, remembering him as a vital poet whose private persona differed greatly from his fiery public image. “He was very kind,” Angelou said Friday, Jan. 10, 2014 during a telephone with The Associated Press. Baraka, whom Angelou had known for more than 40 years, died Thursday at age 79. (AP Photo/Julian C. Wilson, File)