Maya Angelou at Wake Forest University's Opening Convocation on Aug. 26, 1991. Angelou purchased the home in 1991 when she moved to Winston-Salem, N.C. to teach at Wake Forest University. From the ...

NEW YORK (AP) - Maya Angelou, a modern Renaissance woman who survived the harshest of childhoods to become a force on stage, screen, the printed page and the inaugural dais, has died. She was 86.

WINSTON-SALEM, NC (RNN) - American author and poet Maya Angelou died at her home Wednesday. She was 86. Her literary agent confirmed her death. According to WGHP in Winston-Salem, NC, Mayor Allen ...

Poet and author Maya Angelou's written collection, including her personal papers and documents, has been acquired by the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. In the trove are letters from ...

ST. LOUIS (AP) – The St. Louis childhood home of late poet Maya Angelou is up for sale. With a listed price of $159,000, the 1,100-square-foot place at 3130 Hickory St. was Angelou’s home for her ...

Nationally renowned poet Maya Angelou is recovering from a brief illness that forced her to cancel a planned speech in Texas. / Source: The Associated Press Nationally renowned poet Maya Angelou is ...

It’s only fitting that the first week of U.S. National Poetry Month in April coincides with what would have been the 90th birthday of the poet Maya Angelou, who died May 28, 2014, at the age of 86.

Watching Maya Angelou in her kitchen was almost as good as watching her on stage. In fact, she sometimes seemed more at ease chopping and mixing and creating in her kitchen than she did delivering ...

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (KRON) – Guy Johnson, the son of poet and civil rights activist Maya Angelou, has died at age 77. The official social media account for Maya Angelou shared the news, saying ...