via essence: A new viral video in which the late writer corrected a young girl on how to refer to her has sparked a debate on social media. Maya Angelou may have passed away in 2014, but she still remains a relevant voice in our culture today. This became readily apparent when an old […]
American poet and author Maya Angelou discusses the trauma of her childhood rape, and how she ultimately triumphed in turning evil into a source for good. Transcript: “When I was seven-and-a-half, I was raped. I won’t say severely raped, although rape is always severe. The rapist was a person very well known to my family. […]
Wake Forest University is naming a new residence hall in honor of famous former faculty member Maya Angelou. The private university in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, said Friday the five-story building now under construction will house more than 200 first-year students when it opens in January 2017. University President Nathan Hatch says Angelou was a towering […]
The first documentary about late poet and civil rights activist Maya Angelou will arrive in select theaters across the country this month following a successful one-theater run in Chicago. “Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise,” from directors Bob Hercules and Rita Coburn Whack, will now open in Los Angeles, New York, and San Francisco on […]
Directed by Bob Hercules and Rita Coburn Whack, the film celebrates Dr. Maya Angelou by weaving her words in her voice with rare and intimate archival photographs, home movies and videos, which paint hidden moments of her exuberant life during some of America’s most defining civil rights moments. From her upbringing in the Depression-era South to her […]
If there’s one thing Congress loves, it’s naming post offices. Even during their least productive year, they still managed to name at least 40 post offices and other public buildings. Yet several Republican congressmen broke with that beloved tradition when they refused to vote to name a North Carolina branch after the trailblazing author Maya Angelou […]
Two years after the death of legendary poet and author Maya Angelou, her Harlem brownstone is up for sale. Her friends, musical icons Nick Ashford and Valerie Simpson, encouraged her to purchase the home site unseen in 2002. At the time it was a “shell” with a market value of between $300,000-$600,000. Angelou did massive […]
The People’s Poet will be the first feature documentary to tell the full story of the incomparable Maya Angelou. The film will include appearances by President Bill Clinton, Oprah Winfrey,Common, and Guy Johnson (Maya Angelou‘s son). In Sybil Wilkes‘ two part interview with co-directors Bob Hercules and Rita Coburn-Whack, she takes us through the project […]
Roland Martin and NewsOne Now preview the commemoration of the Million Man March and the Justice or Else rally in Washington D.C.
The art collection of celebrated writer and civil rights activist Maya Angelou sold for nearly $1.3 million on Tuesday. A painted story quilt that hung in Angelou’s Harlem home and was commissioned by Oprah Winfrey for Angelou’s 61st birthday brought $461,000 at the Swann Galleries sale. “Maya’s Quilt of Life” by African-American artist Faith Ringgold […]
The art collection of celebrated writer and civil rights activist Maya Angelou is heading to auction this month. Among the highlights of the Sept. 15 Swann Galleries sale is a painted story quilt that hung in Angelou’s Harlem home. It’s a work by African-American artist Faith Ringgold titled “Maya’s Quilt of Life” that was […]
The U.S. Postal Service previewed the Dr. Maya Angelou Forever Stamp image today and announced that the First-Day-of-Issue stamp dedication ceremony will take place at 11 a.m., Tue., April 7, at the Warner Theater in Washington, DC. The event is free and open to the public. Seating is limited. As an author, poet, actress, […]
