The poet Maya Angelou remains beloved more than a decade after her death. Yet few lift up the power of her voice in the ...

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.

ST. LOUIS – A phenomenal woman who St. Louis claims as one of its own is Maya Angelou. She was born in a house on Hickory Street in St. Louis in 1928 as Marguerite Johnson. The author and poet ...

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 ...