Yolanda Adams: We have lost one of the most eloquent, elegant and powerful Articulators of Spoken Word and Education. Dr Maya was a mentor who taught us all how to overcome and enjoy life as GOD wants us to. If you have not, please watch her Soul Sunday with Oprah. It will change your life!! […]

Maya Angelou’s family released a statement on Facebook describing the late artist as a “teacher, activist, artist and human being. She was a warrior for equality, tolerance and peace.” Read the full statement on Facebook.

The world has lost yet another one of its greatest examples of humanity, but fortunately, the work of Maya Angelou will carry on long after…

VIA WOLB Maya Angelou died today, but her words will live on through her poetry and more. Here are several of Dr. Maya Angelou’s most popular tweets. Read the tweets on WOLB.  

Noted author and poet Maya Angelou died this morning in her Winston Salem home, her agent told CNN. She was discovered by her caretaker. Angelou canceled an event just a month earlier in Fayetteville, Arkansas, because she was recovering from an “unexpected ailment” that sent her to the hospital. Although Angelou was known in later […]

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Dr. Maya Angelou, a living legend among us, has delivered a powerful, gripping tribute to Nelson Mandela on behalf of the American people. Released by…

Dr. Maya Angelou, one of the nation’s greatest national treasures appeared on the Tom Joyner Morning Show this morning to discuss her new book “Mom,…

Maya Angelou is surprised and both disappointed in rapper Common for using the “N-Word” in a song in which he also uses her poetry. The world renown and influential Pulitzer Prize-nominee feels very strongly about the usage of the negative term and has labeled it “vulgar and dangerous.” Janet Jackson Opens Up About The New […]

Common is quite confident in his latest project, The Dreamer, The Believer, because he’s almost released the entire album one leak at a time. The latest preview is his collaboration with the legendary Maya Angelou, “The Dreamer.” Are Common’s Bulls Dreaming Of A Championship? I’ll go on record to say that I’ve liked everything that […]

Common’s longtime collaborator NO ID   posted the tracklist to his next album The Dreamer, The Believer, in stores December 20th. More than Common…Extraordinary! The album is Common’s ninth and features appearances from Nas, John Legend and Maya Angelou. (spotted @TheSmokingSection.net) Tracklisting 1. The Dreamer Feat. Maya Angelou 2. Ghetto Dreams Feat. Nas 3. Blue Sky […]

Maya Angelou is launching an unscripted lifestyle series with the Hallmark Channel. The 13-episode series is called The Spirit Table will feature the host and well-known guests sharing life stories and cooking. The show is slated for prime-time airing and is expected to be launched in early 2012. Love her. Black History Month: Maya Angelou