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 US Treasury has minted coins featuring poet Maya Angelou - the first black woman ever featured on the US 25-cent coin known as a quarter. Angelou, a poet and activist, was the first black ...

A collection of ruri (poems) by Maya Angelou is the latest book to be translated into te reo Māori. He kupu nā te māia is the 13th te reo book from Kotahi Rau Pukapuka, which aims to eventually ...

American icon Maya Angelou was a celebrated writer, poet, activist ... didn’t forget her – according to the Nelson Mandela Foundation, records show that he watched the film version of Angelou ...

A poet, memoirist, activist, and educator, Maya Angelou's life story is evidence of resilience, courage, and the written word ...

Maya Angelou's brilliant writing has touched hearts and impacted readers around the world. The late writer, activist, and ...

Dallas Fire-Rescue crews responded to the site of the former Maya Angelou High School, at 3313 South Beckley Ave., at about 4:24 a.m. after a passerby reported seeing flames coming from the roof ...

"Hi, my name is Maya," Maya Angelou said to the first student she ... Gray," said the towering memoirist, poet and civil rights leader, who had only moments before introduced herself to the ...

Gray, who has become a pillar in Knoxville, decided to become a surgeon as a teenager working on a farm in his rural hometown.