1. Still I Rise Maya Angelou's iconic poem, "Still I Rise," is more than just a call to overcome adversity. It's a powerful anthem about self-discovery, determination, and the unwavering human spirit.

Maya Angelou's brilliant writing has touched ... works like “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” to her plays and poetry, ...

But more than that, Maya’s life, work and wisdom inspired some of today’s most famous names ... Mandela chose Angelou’s words for his inauguration, reciting her poem Still I Rise.

Published in 1978, Maya Angelou’s poem was a retaliation against ... in the late19th and early 20th century. If was his most famous poem, published in 1910 and written in the form of advice ...

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 ...

You might even be tempted to quote it. That impulse certainly struck the US postal service, which in 2015 put it on a stamp bearing the face of Maya Angelou, the world-renowned writer, professor ...

This Sunday the San Francisco Public Library is hosting “Echoes of Maya: A Celebration of Verse and Voice.” It's a special ...

[Note: Business Insider has reached out to Bill and Hillary Clinton and have not yet recieved a response regarding Dr. Maya ... to Dr. Angelou in 1993, when she read her poem "On the Pulse of ...

The US Treasury has minted coins featuring poet Maya Angelou ... known as a quarter. Angelou, a poet and activist, was the first black woman to write and perform a poem at a presidential inauguration.