(ThyBlackMan.com) Maya Angelou, one of the most celebrated ... providing both comfort and a call to action. These poems are essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the depth and breadth ...

That poet is icon Maya Angelou, whose words don’t just celebrate love, but ignite strength and inspire change. Three poems stand out from the hundreds she has written in proving the mastery of ...

As an English major, I should be ashamed of my lack of knowledge about Maya Angelou. But I picked her autobiography/memoir, “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,” off my classics list and ...

Maya Angelou reads a poem during the inauguration of Bill Clinton in Washington ... asking if she might be willing to speak to a national conference of anti-rape activists and survivors of sexual ...

Maya Angelou." When he decided to have a poem read as part of his inauguration as US President in 1993, Bill Clinton knew exactly who he wanted to write and deliver it: Maya Angelou. He later ...

Woman’s Hour caught up with Maya Angelou after she was named an Official Poet to President Clinton and the United Nations to talk about the issuing of her first cookbook, Hallelujah! The Welcome ...

Marguerite Annie Johnson was born in St Louis MO and overcame many things in order to be a world famous published author.

Remember when Emma Watson travelled the world hiding books in the streets of New York, Paris and London? Never before have we been so attentive on the morning commute, our eyes darting around the ...

The grandson of Maya Angelou is trying to wrest control of the late poet's intellectual property from his father and has bankrupted a company the two set up to manage her legacy, the father claims in ...

Maya Angelou, a renowned novelist, actress, writer, poet, and civil rights activist, left behind a legacy and poignant pieces ...

“I have found out, along with reading your prose and your poetry and then especially after ... from Thurgood Marshall to Maya Angelou. Made by History takes readers beyond the headlines with ...