Author and activist Maya Angelou has died at the age of 86. Here are eight facts you might not have know about this cultural icon. 1. Her name wasn’t really Maya Angelou. She was born Marguerite ...

When she was 8 years old, Maya Angelou stopped speaking. She silenced her voice because she thought her voice had killed a man. For almost five years, she spoke to no one but her beloved brother ...

Dr. Maya Angelou was a renowned poet, author and teacher who touched the hearts of her fans with her words. She is best known for her catalog of.

Maya Angelou was raped when she was a child, and after the man responsible was found dead, she refused to speak for nearly 5 years. Rating: True About this rating . Maya Angelou's ...

Through her writing, Maya Angelou taught us many things about how to relate with the world. The celebrated poet, author and civil rights activist, who died Wednesday at age 86, shared a lesson she ...

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Award-winning author, renowned poet and civil rights activist Dr. Maya Angelou has died. She was 86. Winston-Salem Mayor Allen Joines confirmed Angelou was found by her ...

Born Marguerite Ann Johnson on April 4, 1928 in St. Louis, Angelou was raised in Stamps, Arkansas, which she remembered as a harsh place that, “with its dust and hate and narrowness was as South ...

Maya Angelou’s tribute two years later, on the passing of her friend Coretta Scott King, could be said of Angelou herself: “She was a quintessential African-American woman. Born in the small ...

By the time Maya Angelou spoke at Boston’s 2004 Democratic presidential convention, she was a superstar: poet, best-selling writer, civil rights crusader, friend of Martin Luther King, Malcolm X ...

Poet and author Maya Angelou has died at the age of 86, CBS News has confirmed. Her son, Guy B. Johnson, said in a statement that she died at her home in Winston-Salem, N.C., on Wednesday morning.

America is not a nation much given to honoring its poets, but Maya Angelou is an exception. Ms. Angelou, who was 86, died Wednesday at her home in Winston-Salem, N.C., after a period of failing ...

It seems everyone in Winston-Salem has a story about Maya Angelou. I have two. In 1988, I was a timid freshman at Wake Forest University and worked at the old information desk in Reynolda Hall. On ...