Watch for: “On the Pulse of Morning” by Maya Angelou. New York, N.Y.: Random House, 1993. National Poetry Month was established in April 1996 to highlight the achievements of American poets, support ...

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As well-known as Maya Angelou was for her memoirs, which eventually filled six volumes, she very likely received her widest exposure on a chilly January day in 1993, when she delivered the inaugural ...

Maya Angelou became the second poet in history to recite a poem at an inauguration with her reading of "On the Pulse of Morning" when Bill Clinton was first sworn in as president in 1993. Now, she'll ...

As we mourn the passing of the great Maya Angelou, we remember all of the awards, recognitions and accolades she earned over the course of her illustrious career as an artist and activist. The Grammy ...

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — Former President Bill Clinton remembered poet, orator and sage Maya Angelou as a woman who seemed to have lived five lifetimes in one, with a sweeping experience that ...

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - Dr. Maya Angelou, a renowned poet and human rights activist, has died at age 86 at home in Winston, Salem, N.C. Media reports quote Winston-Salem Mayor Allen Joines as confirming ...