"I'm a woman, phenomenally. Phenomenal woman, that's me." Maya Angelou, the beloved author, poet and activist who passed away on Wednesday May 28, was even more "phenomenal" than the words of one of ...

Maya Angelou was a force to be reckoned with. As a world-renowned writer, poet, author and activist, when Angelou spoke, the world listened. So on Wednesday when she died, the world mourned. During ...

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This week, the United States Postal Service came in for a full news cycle’s worth of ridicule after it was pointed out, by the Washington Post, that the agency’s new Maya Angelou stamp featured a ...

Maya Angelou, right, spoke at a celebration of Toni Morrison's work in Virginia in October 2012 Author Toni Morrison has paid tribute to her friend, the poet, author and activist Maya Angelou, saying ...

WINSTON-SALEM, NC — Maya Angelou, a modern Renaissance woman who survived the harshest of childhoods to become a force on stage, screen, the printed page and the inaugural dais, has died. She was 86.

The great author and poet Maya Angelou was a truly incredible lady. Take a look back at her most inspiring and motivating quotes of all time. 1. 'If you don't like something, change it. If you can't ...

American poet and civil rights activist Dr Maya Angelou has spoken of her remarkable life as she celebrates her 75th birthday. Among other things, Angelou - best-known for works such as I Know Why the ...

Dr Maya Angelou (her preferred title) wrote six memoirs about her life up to the age of 40, the most celebrated of which was I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, published in 1969. An inspirational and ...

Though Maya Angelou, who died Wednesday at the age of 86, was best known for her contributions to literature, she was a true renaissance woman who left a considerable small-screen legacy as a writer, ...

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 do pray for humility, ...

In a Black History Month special, we remember the life and legacy of the legendary poet, playwright and civil rights activist Maya Angelou. For the first time, a documentary has chronicled her ...