(ThyBlackMan.com) Maya Angelou, one of the most celebrated ... resilience in the face of oppression, this poem embodies the strength, dignity, and hope that defines her work.

I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings' I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is Maya Angelou's first autobiography, chronicling her life ...

Drawing on a childhood of abuse and segregation, writer and author Maya Angelou moved the nation. Works such as her 1978 poem, “And Still I Rise,” explored the effects of racism and sexism on ...