Maya Angelou is one of the most influential women of the modern age, and her story is heading to the Broadway stage. Angelou's son Guy Johnson is working alongside producers David Michael Rich, and J.

The project, currently titled Phenomenal Woman: An Evening With Maya Angelou, will draw from her writings and also include personal stories new to audiences. Johnson says the show will "hope to ...

about Maya Angelou is not what she has done or written ... phenomenal woman”, referencing another of Angelou’s poems, Phenomenal Woman, which celebrates female power and beauty.

The postcards found so far feature poems from feminist heroes such as Maya Angelou, Ann Drysdale and ... of some of the best literature written by women. The postcards are rare, as there are ...

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

(ThyBlackMan.com) Black poetry has always been a powerful ... “Phenomenal Woman” by Maya Angelou Another masterpiece by Maya ...

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 ...

From being abandoned by her parents at just four years old to becoming one of the 20th Century’s most iconic figures, Maya Angelou ... black woman in history to do so. Music, poetry and passion ...