And we're going to take a moment now to listen to one of Maya Angelou's best-known poems. Here she is, reading "Still I Rise." (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED BROADCAST) MAYA ANGELOU: You may write me down in ...

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The poetry and prose of Dr. Maya Angelou inspired not only people and presidents but Hollywood. John Singleton's 1993 film, Poetic Justice, features some of the author's most indelible work. The ...

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00:00:09 MAYA ANGELOU: I grew up in a town in Arkansas smaller than the exposed part of this stage. 00:00:16 And I was small and strange because I stopped talking from the time I was seven-and-a-half ...

A poet, memoirist, activist, and educator, Maya Angelou's life story is evidence of resilience, courage, and the written word. From her humble beginnings in the Jim Crow South to her rise as one of ...