Discover the incomparable Maya Angelou with this unforgettable ... Her first book, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, is still an essential volume. As friends from Dr. Angelou’s inner circle ...

Drawing on a childhood of abuse and segregation, writer and author Maya Angelou moved the nation. Works such as her 1978 poem, “And Still I Rise,” explored the effects of racism and sexism on ...

Maya Angelou's brilliant writing has touched ... During your most difficult moments, recall Angelou's triumphant declaration ...

My feminist icon is Dr Maya Angelou. When I was 17 years old, after a long search through Delhi’s Daryaganj, I found a copy of And Still I Rise, Maya Angelou’s third anthology of poetry.

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 ...

Keep reading for Maya Angelou's words of wisdom ... Angelou's spirit shines through in this iconic line from her poem Still I Rise. These words serve as a rallying cry for perseverance in ...

In her six-minute performance, Gorman alluded to the works of great American writers and speakers including Barack Obama, fellow inaugural poet Maya ... the Angelou poem Still I Rise, about ...