The poet Maya Angelou remains beloved more than a decade after her death. Yet few lift up the power of her voice in the ...

This is very similar to a caged bird still singing even though it is unable to fly. In 1978 Maya Angelou wrote, “Still I Rise”. “Still I Rise” is another iconic poem that resonates with ...

The grandson of Maya Angelou ... the celebrated poet’s intellectual property, including copyrights to her works. Johnson claims his son manipulated him into giving up control of Caged Bird Legacy, a ...

American icon Maya Angelou was a celebrated ... bestseller I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, worked alongside Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, and recited one of her poems at a US presidential ...

Maya Angelou reads a poem during the inauguration of Bill Clinton ... a performer and activist—began drafting I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, she decided to write in detail about the rape.