Grammy-winning jazz legend Branford Marsalis joins Wake Forest as the 2025 Maya Angelou Artist-in-Residence, marking a major cultural moment.

Maya Angelou lived a life that epitomized one of her most famous poems, “Still I Rise” – “You may write me down in history/With your bitter, twisted lies/You may tread ...

With the current political climate and national DEI rollbacks the role of Black historians, archivists and preservationists — ...

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Ms. Angelou’s long career has spanned over 50 years and includes seven published autobiographies, three books of essays, several books of poetry, and slew of plays, movies, and television shows.

A poet, memoirist, activist, and educator, Maya Angelou’s life story is evidence of resilience, courage, and the written word. From her humble beginnings in the Jim Crow South to her rise as one ...

In the book, the author wrote, "But I should have heeded what Maya Angelou once said, 'Never make someone a priority in your life, when to that someone you are an option.'" ...