Friends and family gathered on Saturday afternoon in North Carolina to attend a memorial service in honor of the late author and activist Maya Angelou, who died on May 28 at the age of 86.

"I am a woman phenomenally. Phenomenal woman, that's me." "You are enough just as you are." "If you don’t like something, ...

Angelou died on 28 May 2014, aged 86. This programme included contributions from Bill Clinton, Oprah Winfrey, Quincy Jones, Hillary Clinton and Angelou's son Guy Johnson. Enjoy clips from the ...

Having suffered from heart problems for some time, Angelou passed away at her home in Winston-Salem, N.C., this morning at age 86. We'll be in your inbox every morning Monday-Saturday with all 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 ...

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 ...

You might even be tempted to quote it. That impulse certainly struck the US postal service, which in 2015 put it on a stamp bearing the face of Maya Angelou, the world-renowned writer, professor ...

The Oneonta Area NAACP will present a free showing of “Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise” on Thursday, December 19 at 7 p.m. at ...

The Bombay High Court recently quoted American civil rights activist Maya Angelou while permitting a Hindu girl to continue ...

Variations of this quote, the words of the late writer and activist Maya Angelou, have been making the rounds on social media over the past few weeks. Angelou, a sage to those in her inner circle ...