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.

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 ...

Maya Angelou, a powerful voice in literature and civil rights, overcame a difficult childhood to achieve worldwide fame with her autobiography 'I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.' She was a committed ...