Author and poet Maya Angelou died Wednesday at the age of 86. In a recording, Angelou reads her poem "Still I Rise." And we're going to take a moment now to listen to one of Maya Angelou's best ...

For those less familiar with her life, “Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise” should serve as a bracing introduction, and as an inducement to dive into her prose, poetry and speeches. The ...

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Its influence was felt as far as South Africa, where Nelson Mandela chose “Still I Rise” as his 1994 inauguration poem. But the desire for freedom has always been a staple of Angelou’s output.

In an exclusive clip from American Masters – Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise, Maya Angelou's son Guy Johnson claims Pearl Bailey refused to let his mother understudy her in Hello Dolly!

Even before the 9-foot-tall bronze monument to author Maya Angelou was lifted ... showcases the title of one of Angelou’s most famous poems, “Still I Rise” — a particularly relevant ...

“Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise.” It would also describe the film itself. If this adulatory “American Masters” production elides certain chapters of Angelou’s biography, it nonetheless ...

Smooch Music has dropped a new video for Maya Angelou’s “Still I Rise,” released in celebration of Black History Month. The video features Angelou’s voice reading the iconic poem across ...

Dr. Maya Angelou was a singer, dancer, activist, poet and writer who inspired generations. Distinctly referred to as “a redwood tree, with deep roots in American culture,” Dr. Maya Angelou led ...

Maya Angelou gave people the freedom to think about their history in a way they never had. This unprecedented film celebrates Dr. Maya Angelou by weaving her words with rare and intimate archival ...

And we're going to take a moment now to listen to one of Maya Angelou's best-known poems. Here she is, reading "Still I Rise." (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED BROADCAST) MAYA ANGELOU: You may write me down ...