A poet, memoirist, activist, and educator, Maya Angelou's life story is evidence of resilience, courage, and the written word. From her humble beginnings in the Jim Crow South to her rise as one ...

Maya Angelou achieved enough during her extraordinary life to fill seven autobiographies. Her unique career – which included work as a dancer, singer, actress, composer, activist, teacher ...

Thirty-eight public charter school social studies teachers will join Thinking Nation, a national 501(c)(3) committed to ...

American icon Maya Angelou was a celebrated writer, poet, activist, singer, actress and speaker. During her long and varied career she worked as a journalist in Africa, toured the world as an ...

The US Treasury has minted coins featuring poet Maya Angelou - the first black woman ever featured on the US 25-cent coin known as a quarter. Angelou, a poet and activist, was the first black ...