Little Rock’s Board of Directors will vote Tuesday evening on whether to approve the redevelopment of a property that would ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Maya Angelou, an influential visual poet, and civil rights activist, remains a cornerstone in Black history. Her work inspires ...
ST. LOUIS – A phenomenal woman who St. Louis claims as one of its own is Maya Angelou. She was born in a house on Hickory Street in St. Louis in 1928 as Marguerite Johnson. The author and poet wrote ...
WASHINGTON -- In the midst of talking black history with Grammy-winning singer Alicia Keys, Maya Angelou breaks out singing a hymn a cappella. The acclaimed poet and author wants to show Keys, a New ...
September 15, 2000 - World renowned poet Maya Angelou spoke to 2,000 people at the Lied Center in Lincoln on Sept. 15, 2000. Angelou told stories and shared poems written by herself and Black authors.
On Monday, the US Mint announced that a new quarter featuring the iconic poet, memoirist and civil rights activist Maya Angelou has begun shipping as part of the American Women Quarters Program. This ...
In 1993, poet and author Maya Angelou became the first African American woman in U.S. history to recite the presidential inaugural poem for President Bill Clinton. Earlier this month, she also became ...
The acclaimed poet and author wants to show Keys, a New Yorker, what “lining out,” call-and-response singing that is popular in black churches down South, sounds like. That teaching moment is one of ...
Maya Angelou's quote from her poem “Still I Rise” is a vehement assertion of self identity, truth and dignity, in the face of ...
Though decades have passed since Tanisha Driver-Bender last stepped foot in Maya Angelou Elementary in Harvey, when the 37-year-old returned Wednesday to donate a display for Black History Month, she ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — In the midst of talking Black history with Grammy-winning singer Alicia Keys, Maya Angelou breaks out singing a hymn a cappella. The acclaimed poet and author wants to show Keys, a ...