“You may write me down in history / With your bitter, twisted lies, / You may trod me in the very dirt / But still, like dust, I'll rise." Published in 1978, Maya Angelou’s poem was a ...

She then ended the speech by reciting an extract from Still I Rise, crediting it to “my favourite poet, Maya Angelou." When he decided to have a poem read as part of his inauguration as US ...

Drawing on a childhood of abuse and segregation, writer and author Maya Angelou moved the nation. Works such as her 1978 poem, “And Still I Rise,” explored the effects of racism and sexism on ...

or spilt your tea all over your laptop and had to spend hours on the phone to IT - and then finding Maya Angelou’s Still I Rise on the train seat next to you: Leaving poetry around London isn ...

Discover the incomparable Maya Angelou with this unforgettable journey through her life and work. From brutally hardscrabble roots in Depression-era South to coordinator for Martin Luther King’s ...

Renowned author Dr. Maya Angelou has died at the age of 86. Dr. Angelou had a diverse career, spanning from civil rights activist to poet. Many were introduced to Dr. Angelou in 1993, when she ...

In her six-minute performance, Gorman alluded to the works of great American writers and speakers including Barack Obama, fellow inaugural poet Maya ... the Angelou poem Still I Rise, about ...