Maya Angelou, an influential visual poet, and civil rights activist, remains a cornerstone in Black history. Her work inspires courage, resilience, and to be proud of your culture. This legacy makes ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below." Maya Angelou’s iconic poem “Still I Rise” has had an impact on the world that will echo throughout ...

NEW YORK -- In her low husky voice, Maya Angelou came out singing an old African-American song about a rainbow to express her love of books and libraries. "God put the rainbow in the clouds so the ...

As Black History Month winds down, we’re proud to bring you a clip from the KQED archives of Dr. Maya Angelou reciting Countee Cullen’s poem “Heritage.” The clip comes from Blacks, Blues, Black!, a 10 ...

Ridesharing app Lyft has conscripted a few lines from a Maya Angelou poem to demonstrate its commitment to BIPOC and underserved communities, while simultaneously spending hundreds of millions of ...

Mother of brown-ness / Margaret Walker -- Look at us / Darryl Holmes -- Boyz n search of their soular system / Eugene B. Redmond -- To you / Langston Hughes -- History of my people / Walter Dean Myers ...