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 ...

most famous for her 1969 autobiography I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings—documentary filmmakers Bob Hercules and Rita Coburn Whack came together by chance on Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise ...

Early in Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise, poet Nikki Giovanni says of the film’s subject, “Maya was a dancer. She sang. She was an actress and of course she was a writer. She is a consummate ...

Maya Angelou’s iconic poem “Still I Rise” has had an impact on the world that will echo throughout generations, especially for Black women. Everything about this poem—the repetition ...

Ms. Maya Angelou. The writer, poet and singer would have been 97 years old today, and thankfully she left behind such brilliant works for us to still feed on today. Read the great laureate’s ...

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 ...

On Wednesday, Feb. 28, the University of Connecticut Women’s Center hosted a screening of the 2016 film “Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise.” The film won the 2017 Peabody Award, according to the film’s ...

In November, Nicki Minaj raised a few eyebrows when she recited Maya Angelou’s poem “Still I Rise” during A&E’s Shining A Light: A Concert for Progress on Race in America. Social media ...

Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise premiered to critical acclaim at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival. It won the Audience Award at AFI Docs and was featured at notable film festivals worldwide ...