(ThyBlackMan.com) Maya Angelou ... Her work continues to resonate with readers today, providing both comfort and a call to action. These poems are essential reading for anyone seeking to ...

At the time I was struggling with my identity as a very young woman ... poetry (even though that in itself was immensely powerful and life-changing). The more I read about Maya Angelou’s work ...

Maya wrote unashamedly about her troubled past 2. She was the first black woman to work as ... in the office reading Russian literature every day until they changed their minds. Angelou recalled ...