As a result of sexual assault at age 7, Maya Angelou decided to stop speaking. “”Without poetry, I may have never spoken a word,”” Angelou said Sunday as she shared her personal experiences with a ...

NEW YORK – Maya Angelou was gratified, but not surprised by her extraordinary fortune. “I’m not modest,” she told The Associated Press in 2013. “I have no modesty. Modesty is a learned behavior. But I ...

Black Poetry Day does more than fill a spot on the calendar; it serves as a reminder that poetry has launched movements, created community, challenged power and given poets a lane to voice their ...

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- Maya Angelou liked to say that people will forget what you said or did in your life, but they will never forget how you made them feel. Former President Bill Clinton, First Lady ...

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (KRON) – Guy Johnson, the son of poet and civil rights activist Maya Angelou, has died at age 77. The official social media account for Maya Angelou shared the news, saying ...

Amanda Gorman, 22, made history Wednesday as the youngest inaugural poet in US history. Gorman wore earrings and a ring gifted by Oprah Winfrey as she recited her poem, "The Hill We Climb." In 1993, ...

Dr. Maya Angelou monument unveiled at San Francisco Public Library The artwork is the first to commemorate a Black woman in the city's Civic Art Collection SF Public Library features special edition ...

Tall and regal, with a deep, majestic voice, Angelou defied all probability and category, becoming one of the first black women to enjoy mainstream success as an author and thriving in virtually every ...

First lady Michelle Obama is remembering poet, orator and sage Maya Angelou as the first person who let her know she could be a strong, powerful and smart black woman. Mrs. Obama spoke Saturday at ...

Poet and essayist Maya Angelou died Wednesday at the age of 86, her publisher, Random House, has confirmed. Winston-Salem, N.C., Mayor Allen Joines told WFMY News 2 that Angelou's caregiver found her ...