On what would have been the writer and activist’s 90th birthday, we look back at some of her most life-affirming quotes. The writer, poet and civil rights activist Maya Angelou would have ...

Maya Angelou sadly passed ... marked the writer and activist’s birthday with a moving Instagram post. Winfrey, who has previously spoken about seeing Angelou as a mother figure and mentor ...

After that, she didn’t celebrate her birthday for many years, but would always call, write to or meet up with King’s widow, Coretta Scott King. Maya Angelou: Terrific speaker and linguist 8.