Editor’s Note: When Jason Bentley played the Buckshot LeFonque song “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” earlier this week, it immediately reminded me of the passing of Maya Angelou earlier this spring.

Maya Angelou, who was born 90 years ago on Wednesday, made an indelible mark on American culture and society, including a genre that was born decades after her but that dominates popular music today: ...

Angelou left Ghana in 1964 to join Malcolm X in building the Organization of African-American Unity, and, in 1968, prepared to leave New York City to work with Martin Luther King Jr. Two calamitous ...

Most everyone knows the name Maya Angelou – poet, activist, essayist, educator, singer, dancer, and even one of Hollywood's first Black female directors. One of America’s most prolific artists, ...

Tavis Smiley continues his conversation with poet Maya Angelou about her latest autobiography, A Song Flung Up to Heaven.

THANKS FOR STAYING WITH US. WORLD RENOWNED POET, AUTHOR AND ACTIVIST. THESE ARE ALL WORLD WORDS THAT HAVE BEEN USED TO DESCRIBE THE ICONIC MAYA ANGELOU. AND THIS WEEKEND, A PLAY SHOWCASING HER LIFE ...

It’s never too young to be inspired by Maya Angelou, Virginia Woolf and the “daring original” Ruth Krauss. By Alexandra Jacobs Writing is not quite the glamour profession it used to be, the poet ...

Subscribe to The St. Louis American‘s free weekly newsletter for critical stories, community voices, and insights that matter. Angelou is still widely celebrated for her autobiography ‘I Know Why the ...