The poet Maya Angelou remains beloved more than a decade after her death. Yet few lift up the power of her voice in the ...

A poet, memoirist, activist, and educator, Maya Angelou's life story is evidence of resilience, courage, and the written word. From her humble beginnings in the Jim Crow South to her rise as one ...

But it was Maya, the nickname her older brother gave her, that eventually stuck. She took the surname Angelou, a version of her Greek American ex-husband’s name, while working at San Francisco ...

American icon Maya Angelou was a celebrated writer, poet, activist, singer, actress and speaker. During her long and varied career she worked as a journalist in Africa, toured the world as an ...

On Tuesday, legendary writer Maya Angelou died at age 86. One of the most famous African American writers to emerge in the 20th century, Angelou was a poet, playwright, and great orator.

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 ...

There she sat poised and proud in all her glory at the entrance of the gallery door . It was a vibrant Saturday morning in ...

Includes scenes of Dr. Angelou in the studio discussing "positive Africanisms": children's games, dance, poetry, religion and the blues. Dr. Maya Angelou's Blacks, Blues, Black! is available to ...

Dr. Maya Angelou's Blacks, Blues, Black! is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Fire Tablet ...

On what would have been the writer and activist’s 90th birthday, we look back at some of her most life-affirming quotes. The writer, poet and civil rights activist Maya Angelou would have ...

You can feel the chill in the words and pictures of this story, and it is the perfect accompaniment to “Snow Is…” for a themed story time. Stick around for some science for older kids at the end.