On Monday, the US Mint announced that a new quarter featuring the iconic poet, memoirist and civil rights activist Maya Angelou has begun shipping as part of the American Women Quarters Program. This ...

RALEIGH, N.C. - Upon his election in 1992, Bill Clinton -- affectionately referred to as the nation's first black president -- asked Maya Angelou to compose a poem and read it at his inauguration.

If we could dream up an ideal after-school program for our childhood selves, it would be this incredible writing workshop for girls. Offered by Mighty Writers, a free, Philadelphia-based after-school ...

STAMPS, Ark. (AP) - Not even a year after her death, a beloved writer from this small Southwest Arkansas town has been honored with her own U.S. Postal Service stamp. This stamp will be good forever, ...