On Wednesday, Feb. 28, the University of Connecticut Women’s Center hosted a screening of the 2016 film “Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise.” The film won the 2017 Peabody Award, according to the film’s ...

“We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated. That in fact it may be necessary to encounter defeat so we can know who the hell we are. What can we overcome. What makes us stumble and ...

Cosby tells Alabama grads to help tornado victims: Speaking at the commencement ceremony of Birmingham’s Miles College on Saturday, Bill Cosby challenged the graduates to help rebuild the ...

Bonnie Greer looks back on the extraordinary life of one of literature’s most significant and inspirational figures, Maya Angelou, through an exploration of the BBC archives.

Celebrate! Maya Project announced this week that, immediately following the film screening of ‘Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise,” Friday, April 19, at the Ron Robinson Theater; Janis F. Kearney, ...

Electrifying theater and live music are available during this surprisingly fair-weather weekend in metro Detroit. Here are just six vital options available to you. A new commission and world premiere ...

Her poetry and prose inspired generations with messages of hope and harmony. Her poise and gracefulness, the very definition of a phenomenal woman. As we say goodbye to Dr. Maya Angelou, ESSENCE ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Institutions as diverse as the New York Public Library and Major League Baseball paid homage on Friday to African-American poet and author Maya Angelou, who died in her North ...

MADISON, Wis., Feb. 17-- American Family Insurance issued the following news release: American Family Insurance is the exclusive underwriter of the PBS Feb. 21 showing of the film, "Maya Angelou: And ...