Maya Angelou’s poems are very effective in this way because they not only teach about historical events but also show the ...

Episode 5 of a 10-part TV series made by Dr. Maya Angelou for KQED in 1968 called Blacks, Blues, Black!, which examines the influence of African American culture on modern American society.

(ThyBlackMan.com) Maya Angelou, an icon of American literature ... working alongside key figures such as Malcolm X and ...

Kennedy's oath-taking in 1961, the modern trend began with Maya Angelou's appearance at Bill ... advocating for pan-African solidarity while living in a newly liberated Ghana during the mid ...

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. meets with influential African American figures, like Morgan Freeman, Chris Rock and Maya Angelou, to piece together their genealogy and disclose captivating facts about ...

Community leaders gathered to honor the lasting contributions of African Americans in the state ... advocate Daisy Bates and poet and activist Maya Angelou, who was raised in Stamps, Arkansas.

Inspired by the Paul Laurence Dunbar poem “Sympathy,” Maya Angelou’s “Caged Bird” is a metaphorical representation of the African American experience. The poem contrasts the lives of two ...