A poet, memoirist, activist, and educator, Maya Angelou's life story is evidence of resilience, courage, and the written word ...

Maya Angelou's brilliant writing has touched hearts ... recall Angelou's triumphant declaration in “Still I Rise.” “You may ...

we will explore ten of Maya Angelou’s most powerful poems, each a testament to her unparalleled ability to capture the human condition. Perhaps Angelou’s most iconic poem, “Still I Rise ...

She then ended the speech by reciting an extract from Still I Rise, crediting it to “my favourite poet, Maya Angelou." When he decided to have a poem read as part of his inauguration as US ...

In the summer of 2002 Maya Angelou joined James Naughtie for an intimate evening with readers at Broadcasting House. Here she sheds further light on I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, the first ...

In her six-minute performance, Gorman alluded to the works of great American writers and speakers including Barack Obama, fellow inaugural poet Maya ... the Angelou poem Still I Rise, about ...

From being abandoned by her parents at just four years old to becoming one of the 20th Century’s most iconic figures, Maya Angelou lived ... and somehow miraculously rise and go on.

But student leaders erased the work, replacing it with a piece by Maya Angelou in a bid to ... on 13 July before being replaced with Angelou's Still I Rise, which was chosen by the union's ...