I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings' I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is Maya Angelou's first autobiography, chronicling her life ...

Written as a declaration of resilience ... and that peace and justice are achievable if we are willing to work toward them. In “Equality,” Maya Angelou speaks to the ongoing struggle for ...

Florida school districts have axed about 700 additional books from school libraries, according to a Florida Department of ...

Drawing on a childhood of abuse and segregation, writer and author Maya Angelou moved the nation. Works such as her 1978 poem, “And Still I Rise,” explored the effects of racism and sexism on ...

The late writer, activist ... or craving some creative inspiration, Maya Angelou's incredible work is a rich source of ...

That impulse certainly struck the US postal service, which in 2015 put it on a stamp bearing the face of Maya Angelou, the world-renowned writer ... almost a life's work. Gregory F.

In this sensitively rendered biography of Maya Angelou (1928–2014), the Roops describe how, early in life, “Words whirled and stories spun in Maya’s head and off her lips.” After she ...

The US Treasury has minted coins featuring poet Maya Angelou - the first black woman ... of honorary degrees and wrote over 30 bestselling works. In 2010, she was given a Presidential Medal ...

A new survey shows that writer, poet, actor, musician, and civil rights activist, Maya Angelou is among influential names on a list of two hundred women. This St. Louis Legend is named among the ...

Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Maya Angelou spent her difficult formative years moving back and forth between her mother's and grandmother's. At age eight, she was raped by her mother's boyfriend, who ...