Oprah Winfrey, Michelle Obama and former President Bill Clinton joined friends and family of the late poet and American civil rights icon Maya Angelou Saturday for a memorial service at Wake Forest ...

Maya Angelou, the poet, actress and prolific memoirist, whose most celebrated work, “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,” established her as a clear-eyed interpreter of the black experience, has died.

The autobiography I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings established Maya Angelou’s literary reputation. (File 1971 - The Associated Press) President Barack Obama kissed Maya Angelou after presenting the ...

NORTH CAROLINA -- Maya Angelou was a woman of many identities - poet foremost among them - but those who knew her well made sure to address her as Dr. Angelou, out of respect for all the honorary ...

Poet, memoirist and performer Maya Angelou has died at age 86, Wake Forest University announced Wednesday. The multi-talented artist was also a celebrated civil rights advocate and pioneer. As a poet, ...

Touched by an angel! From the Clintons to Common, see who were among the poet laureate's biggest fans An award-winning author, renowned poet, and civil rights activist, Dr. Maya Angelou – who passed ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Maya Angelou was gratified, but not surprised by her extraordinary fortune. “I’m not modest,” she told The Associated Press in 2013. “I have no modesty. Modesty is a learned behavior.

Editor's note: This column first ran May 28, 2014, soon after the death of poet Maya Angelou. She was my rite of passage. As a young girl in Tarboro, N.C., whose time was spent either working at the ...

One of America’s most beloved poets and activists, Maya Angelou, 86, died this morning at her home in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. A civil rights and women’s rights activist, Angelou served as ...

Maya Angelou has died at age 86, leaving behind a lasting legacy in letters and a long shadow cast over the history of hip-hop. For many rappers, Angelou was a mother figure whose poetry they tried to ...

Her words of wisdom will live on for generations to come Maya Angelou made her mark on the world, one word at a time. Angelou, an award-winning author, renowned poet and civil rights activist, died ...