“If I had my druthers, I’d rather be born black, American, female and in the 20th century. And I was. What luck I have,” said Maya Angelou in 2010. Suggested Reading Things From Back in the Day Black ...

Many people use the occasion of a birthday as an opportunity to reflect on memorable life events. However, during yesterday's garden party honoring her 82nd birthday, Maya Angelou chose instead to ...

On what would have been Maya Angelou’s 90th birthday, Google honors the poet, author and civil rights activist with an artful piece of animation set to her empowering poem “Still I Rise.” Angelou died ...

*Although Maya Angelou is no longer with us, her presence remains as relevant as ever, thanks to a new lyric video from Smooch Music. The video, which was released on Angelou’s birthday on Saturday ...