Most everyone knows the name Maya Angelou – poet ... including her magnum opus “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.” It tells her story of her “tender years” from ages 3 to 16 in the ...

Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future, and renders the present inaccessible.” — Maya Angelou In a glimmer of hope in a sky darkened by willful ignorance, Maya Angelou’s ...

‘You know the poet Maya Angelou? If you could get her to write a book...’” That book became I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, which recently celebrated its 50th birthday. In the ...

Maya Angelou sits in her hotel room, reliving her past and writing her autobiography, "I know why the caged bird sings". A book that will sell over 4 million copies and change the way we see the ...