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After a childhood of racism, parental neglect and sexual abuse, Maya Angelou is given a life-changing introduction to literature by the angelic Miss Flowers.
What happens as Maya Angelou (then called Marguerite) hears poetry for the first time? To what extent was that moment a milestone in her life? What is the extract read to her from? Who is the author?

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Catch up on your favourite BBC radio show from your favourite DJ right here, whenever you like. Listen without limits with BBC Sounds.

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African American Lives 2 . Analyzing the Evidence | PBS

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AFRICAN AMERICAN LIVES 2, a new four-part PBS series, explores roots, race and identity through the ancestry of remarkable individuals.

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Offical website. Look for biography and media pages. You can listen to her poems in a hip hop version, "Harlem Hopscotch" is amazing

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Caged Bird Legacy | The Legacy of Dr. Maya Angelou

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We are celebrating Maya Angelou's 95th year, which started on her Birthday on April 4th, 2023. Join the celebration here and on social media, and watch as others honor Dr. Angelou's courage, life, and legacy.

Maya Angelou becomes 1st Black woman featured on US quarters

The legendary author and poet, who died in 2014, is the first featured in a series of new quarters issued by the U.S. Mint.

The United States Mint recently began shipping quarters featuring the image of poet Maya Angelou, the first coins in its American Women Quarters Program.

Angelou, an American author, poet and civil rights activist, rose to prominence with the publication of "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" in 1969. Angelou, who died in 2014 at the age of 86, was honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2010 by President Barack Obama.

The quarter design depicts Angelou with outstretched arms. Behind her are a bird in flight and a rising sun, images inspired by her poetry.

The mint's program will issue 20 quarters over the next four years honoring women and their achievements in shaping the nation's history.

Honoring the legacy of world-renowned poet, author and civil rights leader, Dr. Maya Angelou.

The Dr. Maya Angelou Foundation is dedicated to improving the quality of life for all human beings. Our vision is to support educational excellence and healthcare equity initiatives for all.

Alone Together - an intimate portrait of a world in lockdown. With voiceover by Dr.Maya Angelou's son, Guy Johnson.

Maya Angelou's Alone is a poem about loneliness and togetherness, a 'thinking out loud' reflection on vulnerability and community 'Nobody, but nobody, can make it out here alone.' Though written in 1975, it clearly resonates with the alone/together experiences we've all lived through during the pandemic.

We mourn the loss of Robert Loomis, Maya Angelou's friend and editor of her books including "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"

Celebrating Dr. Maya Angelou's 95th Birthday

This April 4th, we are excited to celebrate 95 years of the life and legacy of Dr. Maya Angelou! We will celebrate her entire 95th year with different in-person and virtual events and will share special stories and Angelou facts online from now until March 2024. Follow Dr. Maya Angelou on Facebook , Instagram , Twitter , and YouTube , and sign up to receive upcoming newsletters for more.

Today's #GoogleDoodle celebrates Dr. Maya Angelou's 90th birthday! Set to her poem #StillIRise, the video Doodle includes her own voice along with the voices of other individuals whose lives she has inspired.

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We celebrate the re-release of I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings, with a foreword by "daughter-friend" Oprah Winfrey. We celebrate a book that changed the nation and eventually the world by giving a young black girl a voice, once lost then freed to sing the song of all people.
PURCHASE THIS BOOK TODAY "

MESSAGE FROM THE FAMILY

Developing a love of truth, standing for civil rights, enjoying life itself and recording the experience, our matriarch became an inspiration. Maya Angelou's words, spoken, on the printed page or reflected here, continue to promote self-examination, equality and friendship. Believing that "we are more alike than unalike", Maya Angelou would be the first to say that as a child of God it was her duty to recognize that everyone else was also a child of God, "Everybody born comes from the Creator trailing wisps of glory."

Join us as we celebrate a life well lived! Take time to read, listen, view and be inspired. Trail your wisps of glory and once you've clicked every page, make sure you return as we continue to expand the experience. Together, let's celebrate life and joy!

The Angelou Johnson Family

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Maya Angelou | Maya Angelou - Caged Bird Legacy

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Maya Angelou, an American author, poet and civil rights activist, rose to prominence with the publication of "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" in 1969...

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Short bio & Milestones

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African American Lives 2 . Profiles . Maya Angelou | PBS

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Major corporate funding for African American Lives 2 and its outreach initiatives is provided by The Coca-Cola Company and Johnson & Johnson. Additional corporate funding is provided by Buick.

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Record of Maya Angelou interviewed by Harvard Business review

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Biography, analysis and loads of sources for the "doc de réception"!

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Langston Hughes was a central figure in the Harlem Renaissance, the flowering of black intellectual, literary, and artistic life that took place in the 1920s in a number of American cities, particularly Harlem. A major poet, Hughes also wrote novels, short stories, essays, and plays. He sought to…