Maya Angelou: poet, singer, dancer, painter, Grammy winner — and now, hip-hop artist. The new album Caged Bird Songs takes its title from Angelou's 1969 book I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.

Most everyone knows the name Maya Angelou – poet, activist ... including her magnum opus “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.” It tells her story of her “tender years” from ages 3 to ...

Paul Dunbar’s poem “Sympathy” contains the famed line “I know why the caged bird sings.” Maya Angelou used Dunbar’s line for the title of her acclaimed 1969 memoir. She read a portion ...

She is best remembered, however, for her autobiographical novel I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings, published in 1969, a year after Dr King's tragic murder. Angelou's life was packed with incident.

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- The Ensemble Theatre in Houston is proudly presenting Angelica Cheri's "Phenomenal Woman", spotlighting the words and life story of renowned poet, author, and civil rights ...