As a result of sexual assault at age 7, Maya Angelou decided to stop speaking. “”Without poetry, I may have never spoken a word,”” Angelou said Sunday as she shared her personal experiences with a ...

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — Former President Bill Clinton remembered poet, orator and sage Maya Angelou as a woman who seemed to have lived five lifetimes in one, with a sweeping experience that ...

NEW YORK – Maya Angelou was gratified, but not surprised by her extraordinary fortune. “I’m not modest,” she told The Associated Press in 2013. “I have no modesty. Modesty is a learned behavior. But I ...

Rachel Maddow and the late Maya Angelou star in the spots, which launch Tuesday ahead of the rebranding on Nov. 15.

Jeff Daly/Jeff Daly/Invision/AP by PETER R. HVIZDAK-----5/19/96 HAMDEN: Quinnipiac College Honorary Degree recipient and Maya Angelou , after giving the commencement address at Quinnipiac College ...

The U.S Mint has announced it has begun shipping out the first quarters featuring trailblazing American women, beginning with poet, writer and activist Maya Angelou, the first Black woman to appear on ...

Dr. Maya Angelou monument unveiled at San Francisco Public Library The artwork is the first to commemorate a Black woman in the city's Civic Art Collection SF Public Library features special edition ...

Amanda Gorman, 22, made history Wednesday as the youngest inaugural poet in US history. Gorman wore earrings and a ring gifted by Oprah Winfrey as she recited her poem, "The Hill We Climb." In 1993, ...

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) - First lady Michelle Obama lauded poet, orator and sage Maya Angelou as the first person who let her know she could be a strong and smart black woman, joining other famous ...

Poet and essayist Maya Angelou died Wednesday at the age of 86, her publisher, Random House, has confirmed. Winston-Salem, N.C., Mayor Allen Joines told WFMY News 2 that Angelou's caregiver found her ...

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- Maya Angelou liked to say that people will forget what you said or did in your life, but they will never forget how you made them feel. Former President Bill Clinton, First Lady ...