Inspired by the Paul Laurence Dunbar poem “Sympathy,” Maya Angelou’s “Caged Bird” is a metaphorical representation of the African American experience. The poem contrasts the lives of two ...

American icon Maya Angelou was a ... bestseller I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, worked alongside Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, and recited one of her poems at a US presidential inauguration.

The grandson of Maya Angelou is trying to wrest control of the late poet's intellectual ... She is best known for her 1969 autobiography "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,” and her book of poetry, ...

The US Treasury has minted coins featuring poet Maya Angelou - the first black woman ... breaking autobiography in 1969, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, about her childhood in the Deep South.