“I was 15, I was 15 years old when I read my first diverse book, Maya Angelou's I Know Why The Caged ... for Original Color Purple Movie the ‘Best $35,000 I Ever Earned’ The former talk ...

In this sensitively rendered biography of Maya Angelou (1928 ... loans the child some books and invites her to read them aloud, an act that offers Angelou “the key to unlock her voice, now ...

The writer, poet and civil rights activist Maya Angelou would have celebrated ... But beyond all her accolades and awards, Angelou is best remembered for her wit, warmth and wisdom.

Angelou died on 28 May 2014 ... epic autobiography that would eventually run to six volumes. The book begins when the young Maya is sent to live with her grandparents in Arkansas in the wake ...