Maya Angelou has returned to Stamps, Arkansas and the now-abandoned general store where she grew up and came of age. While inside, the room conjures memories, and she reminisces out loud the events ...

This September, Seattle is on a tear for James Baldwin. Earlier this month, The Williams Project staged a scorching production of his “Blues for Mister Charlie” at Emerald City Bible Fellowship and ...

Cummings Professor of English and the Humanities Joanne M. Braxton will appear Wed., March 18 on NPR’s Diane Rehm Show, participating in a discussion on Maya Angelou’s I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.

A radical theatrical production of a Maya Angelou literary classic is opening to New York City audiences this weekend — and the ticketing system is equally unique. The premiere of “I Know Why the ...

In the opening scene of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Dr. Maya Angelou (Brennie Tellu) sits center stage on a wooden floor while Mahalia Jackson’s “Trouble of The World” slowly fades out. The radio ...

The revolutionary It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back, how Maya Angelou’s I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings changed everything, and novelist Angie Thomas ...

Poet and memoirist Maya Angelou's death at 86 on May 28 triggered an outpouring of tributes from readers and admirers — everyone from President Clinton to actress Anjelica Huston. Now the first of ...

so he opens his throat to sing." --Maya Angelou, excerpted from her poem "I know why the caged bird sings" Former Enron auditor David Duncan sang this week. It was only one note, but it resonated ...

Maya Angelou: poet, singer, dancer, painter, Grammy winner — and now, hip-hop artist. The new album Caged Bird Songs takes its title from Angelou's 1969 book I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. One of ...

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, ...