After that, she didn’t celebrate her birthday for many years, but would always call, write to or meet up with King’s widow, Coretta Scott King. Maya Angelou: Terrific speaker and linguist 8.

Angelou's mother and father divorced when she was only three and she was sent with her brother, Bailey, to live with their grandmother, in Stamps, Arkansas. When Angelou was seven, they returned ...

Kennedy's oath-taking in 1961, the modern trend began with Maya Angelou's appearance ... after her 2014 death, Angelou occupies a unique role in our culture: she is one of its most famous and ...

In today's Black History Moment, we honor Maya Angelou, a novelist ... 47-year-old grew up thinking she’d work on a cattle farm—now her company raises millions for small businesses Pope ...

4. “On the Pulse of Morning” “On the Pulse of Morning” is perhaps Maya Angelou’s most publicly celebrated poem, as she performed it during the inauguration of President Bill Clinton in 1993.

That poet is icon Maya Angelou, whose words don’t just celebrate love, but ignite strength and inspire change. Three poems stand out from the hundreds she has written in proving the mastery of ...

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 ...

One person she is able to talk about working for is author and activist Maya Angelou, who died in 2014. La'ford made a ...