Subscribe to The St. Louis American‘s free weekly newsletter for critical stories, community voices, and insights that matter. Angelou is still widely celebrated for her autobiography ‘I Know Why the ...

Happy Birthday to the late, great mother of wisdom, Ms. Maya Angelou. The writer, poet and singer would have been 97 years old today, and thankfully she left behind such brilliant works for us to ...

Author and poet Maya Angelou, who died in 2014, left behind a legacy of words of wisdom that were simple but always powerful. Here's a look at just a few of them. "If you don't like something, change ...

I was awestruck the first time I heard Maya Angelou speak. It was during my freshman-year Black History class at UC Berkeley, 1971. She was a poetry speaker substituted at the last minute. Once she ...

In June 2023, we looked for evidence to confirm that celebrated author and poet Maya Angelou had once said or written the words, "Never make someone a priority when all you are to them is an option." ...

Happy birthday Maya Angelou, who turns 80 today. Also celebrating are actors Robert Downey Jr., 43, and Craig T. Nelson, 64, and actress Nancy McKeon, 42. Singer Jill Scott turns 36, and TV/movie ...