Maya Angelou: ‘I tried to speak poetry, and I had a voice' Maya Angelou: ‘I tried to speak poetry, and I had a voice' Available for over a year Maya Angelou on the healing power of poetry.
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 third anthology of poetry. At the time I was struggling with my identity as a very young woman and what that meant for my personhood. The poetry in this book, particularly the ...
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 ...
The Maya Angelou Branch Library, 3051 E. 21st St., will close for renovations beginning Sept. 28. The branch will undergo a complete interior remodel, including a new reading room, improved ...