If you're familiar with Black Twitter, you're familiar with the rules: nothing is out of bounds. Black Twitter tries (often unsuccessfully) to police itself, but in the end whether it be something as ...

Hip-Hop is nothing more than musical poetry and before the culture became a multi-billionaire empire, we only historical figures to look up to and draw inspiration from. The world lost one of those ...

WINSTON-SALEM N.C. (Reuters) - American author and poet Maya Angelou, whose groundbreaking memoir "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" earned her international acclaim with its unflinching account of ...

Guy Johnson, the son of Maya Angelou, a renowned poet, writer, scholar and civil rights activist, died Wednesday at his home in Oakland, Calif. Johnson was 77. He was a writer and former government ...

NEW YORK - President Bill Clinton is commenting on the death of 86 year old author and poet Maya Angelou, who he calls a "treasure" and a "friend". Angelou, who was raised by her grandmother near Hope ...

Memoir hits No. 4 on USA TODAY’s best seller list Poet and memoirist Maya Angelou’s death at 86 on May 28 triggered an outpouring of tributes from readers and admirers – everyone from President ...

Last speech reflects Angelou’s vision and poignancy. May 29, 2014— -- Even in her final weeks, Maya Angelou’s brilliance remained. The author, actress and human rights activist died Wednesday at ...

Our Facebook fans posted a number of comments about the death of Maya Angelou. Here are a few of them: “A wonderful woman, I could listen to her talk for hours.” — Eddie McDonagh Younglove “Her voice ...

Maya Angelou, the iconic author and activist whose career spanned decades, has died at the age of 86, her publicist confirmed on Wednesday morning. Angelou found in home this morning, in Winston-Salem ...

Guy Johnson, the son and only child of late poet Maya Angelou, has died at age 77. Angelou’s official Facebook account confirmed that Johnson, also a poet, author, civil rights activist, and ...