American icon Maya Angelou was a celebrated writer ... records show that he watched the film version of Angelou’s autobiography I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings while in jail.

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 ...

Maya Angelou achieved enough during her extraordinary life to fill seven autobiographies. Her unique career – which included work as a dancer, singer, actress, composer, activist, teacher ...

The US Treasury has minted coins featuring poet Maya ... Monday. Angelou - an author and social activist - died in 2014 at the age of 86. She shot to fame with her ground-breaking autobiography ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Maya Angelou, one of the most celebrated ... and its song is a powerful cry for liberation. Angelou, who titled her autobiography “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” after ...

Having suffered from heart problems for some time, Angelou passed away at her home in Winston-Salem, N.C., this morning at age 86. We'll be in your inbox every morning Monday-Saturday with all the ...

The grandson of Maya Angelou is trying to wrest ... A poet and memoirist, Angelou’s work centered around the themes of racism and identity. She is best known for her 1969 autobiography "I Know Why the ...