Maya Angelou News

What do President Obama, Vice President Biden, Toni Morrison, the Pope, Stephen King, Maya Angelou, Mother Teresa, Isaac Asimov, Tom Brokaw, P.D. James, Robert B. Reich, George Will and Ann Coulter have in common? In the last few days, they have all disabled books available on the Kindle 2, so the text-to-speech function no longer works.

It was an affair to remember, with people driving hundreds of miles and coming from five states to see Maya Angelou on Monday at First United Bank Center.

By Danielle Sottosanti Today Tucsonan Leslie Porter joins the ranks of Maya Angelou and Anna Jolivet a ' both of whom have received a prestigious UA Black Alumni Club award.

Award-winning writer Maya Angelou will present the next Martin Bucksbaum Distinguished Lecture.

Hear Her Perspective on the Dynamics of Race and Class Spend an afternoon with a legendary literature icon, as Dr.

Poet, author, playwright, educator, civil rights activist, singer, actress: these are the many faces of Maya Angelou.

Noted American author Maya Angelou will come to Mars Hill College next month for an "evening of wisdom through poetry and prose," the college has announced.

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They stood in line outside the Brookdale Community College gymnasium on a freezing February evening, waiting for the doors to open so they could claim a seat on the folding chairs that lined the gym floor or on ...

'I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings' (Ballantine Books, $6.99) 'The Collected Autobiographies of Maya Angelou' (Modern Library, $40) 'The Complete Collected Poems of Maya Angelou' (Random House, $25.95) For children 'My Painted House, My Friendly Chicken, and Me' (Crown Books for Young Readers, $7.99) 'Life Doesn't' Frighten Me' (Harry N. Abrams, $17.95) Cookbook 'Hallelujah! The Welcome Table' (Random House, $29.95)

If there is one thing women should do for their daughters, it is praise them and tell them that they are somebody special, says the celebrated author, singer and poet Maya Angelou.

For the fourth year, the Kravis Center presents its annual African-American Film Festival, sponsored by ArtSmart, a local arts organization.

This year, the prestigious National Black Theatre Festival will honor Jubilee Theatre Artistic Director Ed Smit h with the festival's first annual Lloyd Richards ' Director's Award.

Poet Glenis Redmond says she's a "native of nowhere." That may be the reason her poetry tracks everywhere as she regales life, unleashes memories and dispenses blessings.

Were white people ever made slaves? Why were slaves treated so badly? Why couldn't their children leave and find jobs? And why didn't Europeans enslave American Indians? Shooting their arms up in the air, the ...

Pete Seeger at a memorial service at Riverside Church for Odetta, who died on Dec.

LETTER TO MY DAUGHTER. By Maya Angelou. Random House. 166 pages. $25. Quite unbeknownst to her, Maya Angelou has been mothering me since I first read I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings at age 13.

Brunswick Community College held its Black History Month celebration on Thursday, Feb.

For me, Pink's - Stupid Girls' was a real eye opener. It is indeed unfortunate that most girls ignored the 2006 wake up call.

Free tickets are available starting today, Jan. 26, to see author Maya Angelou speak at UNO in Februrary.