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.

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’s mother knew wise people when they ... storytelling and recited poetry of her own as well as from other poets, including Edna St. Vincent Millay. “I shall die,” Angelou ...

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.

Maya Angelou lived a life that epitomized one of her most famous poems, “Still I Rise” – “You may write me down in history/With your bitter, twisted lies/You may tread me in the very dirt/ ...

The author had heart problems, but was finishing a new book. May 28, 2014 -- Famed poet and author Maya Angelou died this morning in North Carolina. She was 86. "She'd been very frail and had ...

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 ...

Poet and author Maya Angelou has died at the age of 86, CBS News has confirmed. Her son, Guy B. Johnson, said in a statement that she died at her home in Winston-Salem, N.C., on Wednesday morning.