Her landmark book “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” was among the first 20th-century autobiographies of a Black woman to reach a wide readership.

Maya Angelou, the iconic author and activist whose career spanned decades, has died at the age of 86, her publicist confirmed on Wednesday morning. Angelou found in home this morning, in Winston-Salem ...

WINSTON-SALEM N.C. (Reuters) - American author and poet Maya Angelou, whose groundbreaking memoir "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" earned her international acclaim with its unflinching account of ...

Last speech reflects Angelou’s vision and poignancy. May 29, 2014— -- Even in her final weeks, Maya Angelou’s brilliance remained. The author, actress and human rights activist died Wednesday at ...

Maya Angelou was a diva of American culture: an actress, singer, dancer and film director as well as an essayist and Pulitzer-Prize-nominated poet, whose mainstream magnetism led her to write verses ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. May 28, 2014 May 28, 2014 0 Maya Angelou, the St. Louis born poet and author, has died at age 86. Here is look at her life ...

Our Facebook fans posted a number of comments about the death of Maya Angelou. Here are a few of them: “A wonderful woman, I could listen to her talk for hours.” — Eddie McDonagh Younglove “Her voice ...

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On Wednesday, Feb. 28, the University of Connecticut Women’s Center hosted a screening of the 2016 film “Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise.” The film won the 2017 Peabody Award, according to the film’s ...