She then ended the speech by reciting an extract from Still I Rise, crediting it to “my favourite poet, Maya Angelou." When he decided to have a poem read as part of his inauguration as US ...

The US Treasury has minted coins featuring poet Maya Angelou ... a quarter. Angelou, a poet and activist, was the first black woman to write and perform a poem at a presidential inauguration.

Her debut memoir, “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,” made her ... native and poet Maya Angelou read her poem entitled "The Rock Cries Out To Us Today" at the 1993 inauguration of Bill Clinton.

[Note: Business Insider has reached out to Bill and Hillary Clinton and have not yet recieved a response regarding Dr. Maya ... Dr. Angelou's presentation of the poem at the 1993 inauguration: ...

("Inaugural Lanesborough Day brings hundreds to Laston Park," Eagle, Aug. 4.) The same thanks goes out to all the volunteers who worked so hard that day; the musicians who came from near and far to ...

Big announcements were made on Friday during the inaugural State of the Ports Luncheon in Catoosa. Officials from the Catoosa Chamber of Commerce and Tulsa Ports hosted the event. The goal was to ...

Author and poet Maya Angelou ... the 1990s she has made around eighty appearances a year on the lecture circuit, something she continued into her eighties. In 1993, Angelou recited her poem ...

Biden boarded the Sikorsky-made helicopter after arriving on Air Force One in Chicago where he is speak Monday evening at the Democratic National Convention. The maiden presidential voyage carried ...

HOPEWELL — On National Manufacturing Day, the first-ever Made in Hopewell Conference and Trade Show will take place in Hopewell. It is open to the public and free to attend. The Hopewell Downtown ...