In 2011, the late poet and author explained the difference between friendship and acquaintanceship American icon Maya Angelou has passed away at 86. The following is an interview between the ...

She said, “Yes, Don Martin. We’ve been friends for over 50 years!” He’s one of the featured speakers in the documentary about Angelou, called Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise. They met when he was in ...

214 pp. $24 Before there was Oprah, there was Maya Angelou. Many turned to the writer for her insight, compassion and eloquence after the publication of her first memoir, “I Know Why the Caged ...

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MARCIA ANN GILLESPIE: There are friends and then there are acquaintances. How do you know when someone is really a friend? MAYA ANGELOU: There’s a marked difference between acquaintances and ...

President Obama praised poet and author Maya Angelou as "one of the brightest ... and even more for all the years of friendship that followed." She eventually became a strong supporter of Mr ...

As I watched the memorial celebrating Dr. Maya Angelou I was deeply moved by the ... a cavern of blood thirst and cruelty, but the one miracle of life is that the spirit may soar into the sunlight ...

Friends and family gathered on Saturday afternoon in North Carolina to attend a memorial service in honor of the late author and activist Maya Angelou, who died on May 28 at the age of 86.

I’m sending love to the friends and family of Maya Angelou.” Pharrell Williams: “Saddened by the news of Maya Angelou’s passing. A brilliant woman who contributed so much to the world.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Family and friends remembered and celebrated Dr. Maya Angelou at a memorial at Wake Forest University on Saturday morning. "There is no mourning here. We have added to the ...

By Robert Daniels It’s never too young to be inspired by Maya ... Ms. Angelou lived — California, Cairo, Ghana, North Carolina — what she called her “extended family” of friends and ...