Maya Angelou was a diva of American culture: an actress, singer, dancer and film director as well as an essayist and Pulitzer-Prize-nominated poet, whose mainstream magnetism led her to write verses ...

On that Wednesday, May 28, my older sister, an English grad student at the University of Washington, sent me a text that said: "Rest in power, Maya Angelou." And that is all someone could say about ...

Poet and author Maya Angelou, who passed away on Wednesday at the age of 86, was best-known for her writing. But she lived many lives. From her stint as a calypso dancer to her civil rights activism, ...

On Wednesday, Feb. 28, the University of Connecticut Women’s Center hosted a screening of the 2016 film “Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise.” The film won the 2017 Peabody Award, according to the film’s ...

Maya Angelou born Marguerite Annie Johnson; (April 4, 1928 – May 28, 2014) was an American author, poet, dancer, actress, and singer. Maya Angelou born Marguerite Annie Johnson; (April 4, 1928 – May ...

WINSTON-SALEM N.C. (Reuters) - American author and poet Maya Angelou, whose groundbreaking memoir "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" earned her international acclaim with its unflinching account of ...

Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Maya Angelou spent her difficult formative years moving back and forth between her mother's and grandmother's. At age eight, she was raped by her mother's boyfriend, who ...

The Bay Area has had many lives. The Oakland novelist Leila Mottley shares books that paint a picture of the city that lives and breathes today. By Leila Mottley In his memoir, “What Have We Here?,” ...