They’re intimate, reflective, raw—and they remind us that Maya Angelou wasn’t just a poet of power, but a poet of presence. Whether you’re rediscovering her or reading her for the first ...

Poet, performer and political activist Maya Angelou has died after a long illness at her home in Winston-Salem, N.C. She was 86. Born in St. Louis in 1928, Angelou grew up in a segregated society ...

Maya Angelou, a child of the Jim Crow South who ... directed for film and television and wrote more than 30 books, including poetry, essays and, responding to the public's appetite for her life ...

Maya Angelou Tall and regal ... performance openly delighted Clinton and made publishing history by making a poem a best-seller, if not a critical favorite. For President George W.

Maya Angelou, a modern Renaissance woman who survived ... later wrote and recited the most popular presidential inaugural poem in history. The childhood victim of rape wrote a million-selling ...

In her memoirs, Maya Angelou explored how race and gender affected ... She was the inaugural poet for Bill Clinton when he took office in 1993. I find in my poetry and prose the rhythms and ...

Maya Angelou was gratified ... A black woman born poor wrote and recited the most popular presidential inaugural poem in history. A childhood victim of rape, shamed into silence, eventually ...

Maya Angelou was gratified ... A black woman born poor wrote and recited the most popular presidential inaugural poem in history. A childhood victim of rape, shamed into silence, eventually ...

A new quarter featuring legendary poet and civil rights activist Maya Angelou and other trailblazing American women has officially started shipping to banks on Monday, the U.S. Mint announced.

Corrections and clarifications: An earlier version of this report misstated the location where Maya Angelou lived. It was Winston-Salem, N.C. Celebrated memoirist and poet Maya Angelou ...

Dr. Maya Angelou dedicated her life to making a difference in the lives of others. I can remember reading her poetry as a young man and feeling deeply connected with the words that continue to ...

Angelou had been set to appear this week at the Major League Baseball Beacon Awards Luncheon, but canceled in recent days citing an unspecified illness. READ: Selected poems by Maya Angelou Tall ...