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

“I was 15, I was 15 years old when I read my first diverse book, Maya ... Angelou died in 2014 at the age of 86. Winfrey has previously opened up about how the poet made a lasting impact on her ...

The phrase was traced to a children's author named Joan Walsh ... So here's a great piece of life advice we know Maya Angelou gave - because she's on video saying it to Oprah Winfrey.

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 ...

A poet, memoirist, activist, and educator, Maya Angelou's life story is evidence of resilience ... offering a searingly ...

In this sensitively rendered biography of Maya Angelou (1928–2014), the Roops describe how, early in life, “Words whirled and stories spun in Maya’s head and off her lips.” After she ...

The US Treasury has minted coins featuring poet Maya Angelou - the first black woman ... I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, about her childhood in the Deep South. She received dozens of honorary ...