A poet, memoirist, activist, and educator, Maya Angelou's life story is evidence of resilience ... Born Marguerite Annie Johnson on April 4, 1928, in St. Louis, Missouri, Angelou's early years were ...

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

Maya Angelou achieved enough during her extraordinary life to fill seven autobiographies ... was absent during much of her early childhood. But they grew closer as she got older, and when Angelou ...

From being abandoned by her parents at just four years old to becoming one of the 20th Century’s most iconic figures, Maya Angelou lived an extraordinary life at breakneck speed. Her story is as ...

Recompense is perhaps due, especially to anyone who had them tattooed. So here's a great piece of life advice we know Maya Angelou gave - because she's on video saying it to Oprah Winfrey.

Maya Angelou, renowned author ... Whether in speeches, interviews, or in her own writing, Dr. Angelou offered some beautiful advice on living life to the fullest. She died in 2014, but her ...

The US Treasury has minted coins featuring poet Maya Angelou - the first black woman ever featured on the US 25-cent coin known as a quarter. Angelou, a poet and activist, was the first black ...

Maya Angelou ... Missouri, Angelou was perhaps best known for her series of autobiographies, of which she wrote seven, including I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings. The book details her early ...