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 ...

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

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 ...

In the meantime, meet the women on your quarters—from Maya Angelou ... including memorable poems like “Still I Rise” and “On the Pulse of Morning,” reading the latter at President Bill Clinton’s 1992 ...

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

Pupils at Halfpenny Lane Junior, Infants and Nursery School have been exploring the lives and legacies of figures such as ...

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

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 ... Mr. Gray," said the towering memoirist, poet and civil rights leader, who had only moments before introduced herself to ...