The story from which you have posted here must be that you're father is a good man. So from the question you asked the story is describing you're father as a good man.
Maya and Cassill are both American writers. They were born at such a time when America was going through a major change regarding justice and inequality among people of different races. These prolific writers heavily wrote about this in their books i.e stories, novels, poetry etc.
<em>Maya Angelou was born on April 4, 1928, while Ronald Verlin Cassill was born on May 17, 1919. </em>
Both these eminent personalities have won many awards. <u>Maya is known for her non-fictional work while Ronald was famous for his modern fiction stories.</u>
