It was in a seventh-grade classroom in South Central Los Angeles that I was first introduced to Maya Angelou. I still remember how the words constructed lyrical melodies that bounced like notes, ...

WINSTON-SALEM N.C. (Reuters) - American author and poet Maya Angelou, whose groundbreaking memoir "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" earned her international acclaim with its unflinching account of ...

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.

Revisiting the obituaries of a century of notable women to show how they were remembered — and what history may have left unsaid. By Amisha Padnani Her landmark book “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” ...