Let’s explore how Maya Angelou’s poems can serve as an educational resource for children, by highlighting some of her most impactful works. Poetry has always been able to turn our emotions and ...

BOCA RATON, FL - JANUARY 16: Dr. Maya Angelou speaks at Congregation ... the U.S. Team at the Beijing Olympics. Here is Angelou reciting the poem "Amazement Awaits." The Kenyan received the ...

Published in 1978, Maya Angelou’s poem was a retaliation against the oppression of black people in America. Over the past 40 years, it has come to be a piece that resonates with minority groups ...

She then ended the speech by reciting an extract from Still I Rise, crediting it to “my favourite poet, Maya Angelou." When he decided to have a poem read as part of his inauguration as US ...

Fans of Maya Angelou are remembering the poet laureate with some of her most memorable quotes and best pieces of advice. The famed writer, educator and civil rights activist was found dead ...

Did you know that “Dr. Maya Angelou” was neither a physician nor the holder of a real Ph.D? Mark Oppenheimer says that the poet, who died this week, never went to college, but she held lots of ...

“Still We Rise,” is the theme for this year’s month-long celebration of Dr. Maya Angelou’s 97th birthday. The Celebrate! Maya ...

Words hold the power to move, inspire, and connect people. Maya Angelou wrote poems and essays exuding confidence and dignity. “Still I Rise” and “Phenomenal Woman” are a couple of her ...