From being abandoned by her parents at just four years old to becoming one of the 20th Century’s most iconic figures, Maya Angelou lived ... film director and Civil Rights activist.

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 ...

American icon Maya Angelou was ... and a fierce grace.” Angelou first met Nelson Mandela in 1962 when she was living in Cairo, Egypt, with the South African civil rights activist Vusumzi Make.

Take a look back at the life and career of award-winning writer, poet and civil rights activist Maya Angelou, born on April 4, 1928, who left her mark on the world thanks to her celebrated body of ...

Maya Angelou achieved ... celebrating it In early 1968, Angelou had promised Martin Luther King Jr. she would help him raise money to fund a civil rights march. But she postponed the trip until ...

Few individuals have left an impact as great as Maya Angelou ... she was also a Civil Rights activist who worked alongside ...