‘My hope is that my poem will represent a moment of unity for our country.’ Amanda Gorman made history during Wednesday’s inauguration ceremonies when she became the youngest poet to take the stage to ...

This poem explores the struggle to become liberated from the shackles of racism and misogyny. This poem explores the struggle to become liberated from the shackles of racism and misogyny. Written with ...

Gayle King revealed Winfrey gifted the pieces to the 22-year-old poet as a tribute to Maya Angelou Style + Beauty Assistant, PEOPLE Amanda Gorman, the youngest ever Inaugural Poet, had some serious ...

In her lifetime, Maya Angelou released the 1957 LP Miss Calypso, joined Ashford & Simpson for 1996’s Been Found and won three Grammys, all for spoken-word releases. This May, she died at age 86, but ...

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 ...

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 ...

Gandhiji wrote to the children of his ashram, “Little birds, ordinary birds, cannot fly without wings. With wings, of course, all can fly… See, I have no wings. Yet I come flying to you every day in ...

aapg copy 39088020150900 Purchased with funds from the S. Dillon Ripley Endowment. Summary "This biography explores the life of Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906), a major nineteenth-century American ...