Oprah Winfrey is celebrating her longtime friend, the late Maya Angelou, on what would have been her 95th birthday. On April 4, the media mogul penned a tender tribute to the late memoirist and poet ...

The ESSENCE community was saddened to learn about the passing of the great Dr. Maya Angelou. Many of our readers took to our Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram pages to share their beautiful tributes to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The former First Lady, 57, posted a tribute to the Pulitzer Prize winner on Instagram Wednesday, referencing Angelou's iconic ...

Maya Angelou’s moving tribute to fallen South African leader Nelson Mandela, called “His Day Is Done,” will be preserved in book format just in time for Black History Month. “I’m delighted, honored, ...

In December 2013, the U.S. Department of State posted a YouTube video of Dr. Maya Angelou delivering a poem entitled His Day is Done — A Tribute Poem for Nelson Mandela on behalf of the American ...

Beyonce has joined a stream of celebrities paying their respects to US poet Maya Angelou, who has died aged 86, with a handwritten poem and a picture of the writer. The singer posted two snaps of the ...

On that Wednesday, May 28, my older sister, an English grad student at the University of Washington, sent me a text that said: "Rest in power, Maya Angelou." And that is all someone could say about ...

Oprah Winfrey will air a night-long tribute to the late Dr Maya Angelou on her OWN channel this Sunday (June 1). OWN has altered its regular schedule to mark the passing of the acclaimed author, who ...

The coin honoring the late poet and civil rights activist went into circulation Monday and pays tribute to her 1970 autobiography I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Maya Angelou is making history once ...

Bette Midler: "The beautiful Maya Angelou died this morning. A big and radiant soul, at rest at last." Ellen DeGeneres: "Today the world lost one of it's greatest gifts. I'm sending love to the ...