Author, poet, actor, singer, songwriter, dancer, playwright, historian, civil rights activist and teacher. Fluent in six languages: English, French, Spanish, Italian ...
Poet and author Maya Angelou, who passed away on Wednesday at the age of 86, was best-known for her writing. But she lived many lives. From her stint as a calypso dancer to her civil rights activism, ...
On that Wednesday, May 28, my older sister, an English grad student at the University of Washington, sent me a text that said: "Rest in power, Maya Angelou." And that is all someone could say about ...
On Wednesday, Feb. 28, the University of Connecticut Women’s Center hosted a screening of the 2016 film “Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise.” The film won the 2017 Peabody Award, according to the film’s ...
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” ...