Oprah Winfrey is celebrating her longtime friend, the late Maya Angelou, on what would have been her 95th birthday. On April 4, the media mogul penned a tender tribute to the late memoirist and poet ...

The ESSENCE community was saddened to learn about the passing of the great Dr. Maya Angelou. Many of our readers took to our Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram pages to share their beautiful tributes to ...

Michelle Obama is celebrating Maya Angelou after the late poet became the first Black woman to appear on the U.S. quarter. The former First Lady, 57, posted a tribute to the Pulitzer Prize winner on ...

Oprah Winfrey will air a night-long tribute to the late Dr Maya Angelou on her OWN channel this Sunday (June 1). OWN has altered its regular schedule to mark the passing of the acclaimed author, who ...

In December 2013, the U.S. Department of State posted a YouTube video of Dr. Maya Angelou delivering a poem entitled His Day is Done — A Tribute Poem for Nelson Mandela on behalf of the American ...

ATLANTA - Freedom Park's newest artwork installation honors legendary author, poet, and civil rights activist Maya Angelou. The SkyFox Drone captured the full extent of the installment. The artist ...

The coin honoring the late poet and civil rights activist went into circulation Monday and pays tribute to her 1970 autobiography I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Maya Angelou is making history once ...

Just because Black History Month is over doesn’t mean you have to stop celebrating. And since March is Women’s History Month, it’s only apropos to celebrate one of our greatest poets ever, Maya ...