Today marks the one-year anniversary of the death of the iconic poet Dr. Maya Angelou. Born Marguerite Johnson and later, nicknamed “Maya” by her older brother, Dr. Maya Angelou was a dancer ...

Maya Angelou's Life in Photos. GOODBYE. ... Jim Young/Reuters . President Obama kisses Angelou after presenting to her the Medal of Freedom on Feburary 15, 2011 at the White House.

Author and poet Maya Angelou, who rose from poverty, segregation and violence to become a force on stage, screen and the printed page, has died. She was 86. 24/7 Live San Francisco East Bay South ...

Headlines flooded my timelines, praying for Dr. Angelou to RIP, young photos of her littered Instagram and collectively, the world paid their respects to the fallen icon.

Award-winning author, renowned poet and civil rights activist Dr. Maya Angelou has died. She was 86. Note: Photos credited to Wake Forest University.

Dr. Maya Angelou passed away on Wednesday at her North Carolina home at the age of 86.

The poet and memoirist Maya Angelou died on May 28th, at the age of eighty-six. A civil-rights activist and a professor at Wake Forest University, Angelou—born on April 4, 1928, in St. Louis ...

Poet Maya Angelou reads "On the Pulse of Morning" at President Bill Clinton's 1993 ... As I became a teen, ... She posed for photos with dignitaries backstage, including the actress Cicely ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Summer is aging fast, but the Snug Harbor Artists Residency Program (SHARP) looks fresh and young this month. Current participants Lehna Huie and Eric Mapp, both under 30 ...

Dr. Angelou was born Marguerite Johnson in St. Louis, Missouri on April 4, 1928. She was later, nicknamed “Maya” by her older brother Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images ...