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U.S. Rep. Alma S. Adams (NC-12, which includes Winston-Salem) has introduced House Resolution 3735, legislation to name the post office located at 200 Town Run Lane in Winston-Salem after Dr. Maya Angelou.

Winston-Salem was Angelou’s primary residence and final resting place. She called Winston-Salem home for more than 30 years.

“I admire Maya Angelou a lot, and one of the things she says I’ll never forget is ‘People won’t always remember what you say, and people may not always remember what you did, but they’ll remember how they made you feel,’ and that is so important, and I remember how she made me feel,” Adams said at the North Carolina National Organization of Women meeting on Oct. 10.

Adams’ legislation would rename the Center City post office to that of the Maya Angelou Memorial Post Office.

The legislation is cosponsored by every member of the North Carolina House delegation: Representatives G.K. Butterfield (NC-01), Renee Ellmers (NC-2), Walter B Jones (NC-3), David Price (NC-4), Virginia Foxx (NC-5), Mark Walker (NC-6), David Rouzer (NC-7), Richard Hudson (NC-8), Robert Pittenger (NC-9), Patrick T McHenry (NC-10), Mark Meadows (NC-11), and George Holding (NC-13).