If you could get her to write a book...’” That book became I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, which recently celebrated its 50th birthday. In the memoir, Angelou (born Marguerite Johnson ...

Based on writer Maya Angelou's eloquent reminiscences of her days as a gifted youngster growing up in the South during the Depression years where she and her older brother were raised by their ...

A group of Annapolis-area residents and Naval Academy alumni launched an effort to purchase books removed from the Nimitz ...

Learn about the symbolism and meaning of dead birds in literature and myth, as well as how to safely remove any dead birds you see.

Maya Angelou's "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" was among the 381 books that were recently removed from the U.S. Naval Academy's Nimitz Library, according to a list released by the Navy Friday.

I was shocked and upset to learn recently that Maya Angelou’s “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” was, under orders of Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, pulled from the shelves of Nimitz ...

She is best known as a writer, for her numerous books of poetry and her six poignant memoirs, including the masterful 1969 I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. In February, she won a Grammy for the ...

During her long and varied career she worked as a journalist in Africa, toured the world as an opera singer, authored the international bestseller I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, worked alongside ...

This is the world premiere audio drama series of Maya Angelou’s autobiographies, exclusively dramatised by the BBC, including the iconic I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings, plus archive factual ...

Modern Times Stage Company is proud to announce the world premiere of The Caged Bird Sings, specially presented by the Aga Khan Museum in association with Theatre ARTaud, from June 10-26 ...