PHOTOS: Poet, author Maya Angelou dies at 86
May 28, 2014
In this Nov. 21, 2008 file photo, poet Maya Angelou smiles at an event in Washington. Angelou, author of "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings," has died, Wake Forest University said Wednesday, May 28, 2014. She was 86. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File) ( Obit Maya Angelou )
Maya Angelou, a 6 foot multi-talented ex-Arkansan, was hired as Hollywood's first black woman movie director, November 3, 1971. She'll write the script and music, as well as direct "Caged Bird," which is based on her best-selling 1969 autobiography. She's been a professional singer, dancer, writer, composer, poet, lecturer, editor, and San Francisco streetcar conductorette.(AP Photo/stf) ( MAYA ANGELOU )
Inauguration Poetry -- Poet Maya Angelou gestures during an interview in Washington Tuesday. Angelou, 64, was asked by President-elect Bill Clinton to compose an inaugural poem and to recite it during the swearing-in ceremony, Angelou will be the first poet to take part in a swearing-in ceremony since John F. Kennedy asked Robert Frost in ' 1961. 1992 Credit: AP Photo, Ron Edmonds ( 2-06282012-10000294A )
Oprah Winfrey (right) is a mother raising her family in the hazardous world of a Chicago housing project and Maya Angelou is her mother, a precious representative of a generation that is not about to give up to fear and doubt, in "There Are No Children Here," a powerful drama based on Alex Kotlowitz' non-fiction bestseller, airing as an "ABC Theater" presentation, Sunday, Nov. 28 (9:00-11:00 p.m., ET) 1993 on the ABC Television Network. Photo by Jean Krettler. Denver Post Library photo archive ( img0000036A )
Maya Angelou, 1990. Denver Post Library photo archive ( img0000033A )
Maya Angelou, 1994. Photo by Steve Dunwell. Denver Post Library photo archive ( img0000027A )
Angelou, Maya - Bicentennial Adviser. 1975. Photo by Millard D. Smith. Denver Post Library photo archive ( img0000026A )
Maya Angelou, 1994. Denver Post Library photo archive ( img0000032A )
Maya Angelou, 1993. Denver Post Library photo archive ( img0000023A )
Maya Angelou, the poet-author-entertainer, seemed destined to be a born loser. She grew up in the south in a broken family. Since then she's sung and danced in Africa and Europe; taught dance at a university; written a best-selling book; produced a 10-part TV documentary, and much more. 1975. Denver Post Library photo archive ( img0000022A )
Poet-autobiographer Maya Angelou talks about the changing spirit of the women's movement on the Turnabout program, Where We are Now, as the series presents a retrospective on women's struggles for equal rights, airing on 4/13 at 9:30 P.M, 1979. Turnabout is produced for the Public Broadcasting Service by KQED-TV/San Francisco and funded by 238 public television stations. Gerri Lange hosts. Felicia Lowe is correspondent. Denver Post Library photo archive ( img0000025A )
Maya Angelou, 1975. Photo by Jill Krementz. Denver Post Library photo archive ( img0000030A )
Maya Angelou, author of All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes, May 18, 1986. Credit (c) Mary Ellen Mark. Denver Post Library photo archive ( img0000034A )
In this Feb. 15, 2011 file photo, President Barack Obama kisses author and poet Maya Angelou after awarding her the 2010 Medal of Freedom during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Angelou, author of "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings," has died, Wake Forest University said Wednesday, May 28, 2014. She was 86. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File) ( Obit Maya Angelou )
It was reported that poet and author Maya Angelou died at age 86 on May 28, 2014. WINSTON-SALEM, NC - MAY 20: Poet Dr. Maya Angelou celebrates her 82nd birthday with friends and family at her home on May 20, 2010 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. (Photo by Steve Exum/Getty Images) ( 100105828 )
American autobiographer and poet Dr. Maya Angelou visits The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture to announce the acquisition of documents from her 40-year career on October 29, 2010 in New York City. (Photo by Neilson Barnard/Getty Images) ( 106350397 )
Maya Angelou speaks during the AARP Magazine's 2011 Inspire Awards at Ronald Reagan Building on December 9, 2010 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kris Connor/Getty Images) ( 107500636 )
Dr. Maya Angelou attends an exhibit entitled "Finding Our Families, Finding Ourselves" at the Museum of Tolerance on February 10, 2003 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images) ( 1775337 )
In this June 25, 2011 file photo, Maya Angelou speaks during the 9th Annual Maya Angelou Women Who Lead Luncheon at the Westin Charlotte Hotel in uptown Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/Charlotte Observer, Maureen A. Coyle, File) ( Obit Maya Angelou )
Poet Maya Angelou reads her poem "Amazing Peace" during the 2005 Christmas Pageant of Peace and National Christmas Tree lighting ceremony December 1, 2005 on the Ellipse in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) ( 56317140 )
Maya Angelou speaks during the funeral services for Coretta Scott King at the New Birth Missionary Baptist Church February 7, 2006 in Lithonia, Georgia. Coretta Scott King, the wife of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., died January 30 at the age of 78. Seated behind Angelou is U.S. President George W. Bush and first lady Laura Bush. (Photo by Jason Reed-Pool/Getty Images) ( 56773260 )
Writer Maya Angelou attends the memorial celebration for Odetta at Riverside Church on February 24, 2009 in New York City. (Photo by Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images) ( 85072909 )
Honoree Dr. Maya Angelou attends The 24th Annual Great Sports Legends Dinner benefiting The Buoniconti Fund to Cure Paralysis (national fundraising arm of The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis) at The Waldorf=Astoria on October 6, 2009 in New York, New York. (Photo by Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images for The Miami Project) ( 91532767 )
NEW YORK - OCTOBER 6: Honoree Dr. Maya Angelou, recipient of the 2009 Buoniconti Fund Humanitarian Award speaks onstage at The 24th Annual Great Sports Legends Dinner benefiting The Buoniconti Fund to Cure Paralysis (national fundraising arm of The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis) at The Waldorf-Astoria on October 6, 2009 in New York, New York. (Photo by Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for The Miami Project) *** Local Caption *** Maya Angelou ( 58576850 )
In this Feb. 15, 2011 file photo, President Barack Obama kisses author and poet Maya Angelou after awarding her the 2010 Medal of Freedom during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File) ( Obit Maya Angelou )
In this April 18, 2008 file photo, then U.S. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., right, speaks as poet Maya Angelou reacts during a campaign stop at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, N.C. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton, File) ( Obit Maya Angelou )
In this March 4, 2008 file photo, American poet and noevlist Maya Angelou smiles during an interview with The Associated Press in New York. Angelou has died, Wake Forest University said Wednesday, May 28, 2014. She was 86. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File) ( Obit Maya Angelou )
In this May 20, 2010, file photo, author Maya Angelou socializes during a garden party at her home in Winston-Salem, N.C. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond, File) ( Obit Maya Angelou )
In this November 21, 2008 file photo, US poet Maya Angelou reads a poem during a ceremony to present South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu of Cape Town the William J. Fulbright Prize for International Understanding at the State Department in Washington, DC. Maya Angelou has died May 28, 2014 at the age of 86. AFP PHOTO/Tim SLOANTIM SLOAN/AFP/Getty Images ( 530190734 )
In this April 18, 2008 file photo, Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Rodham Clinton (R) holds the hand of Dr. Maya Angelou during a conversation in front of an audience at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, NC during a campaign stop. Award-winning author, renowned poet and civil rights activist Dr. Maya Angelou has died. She was 86. AFP PHOTO / ROBYN BECK /AFP/Getty Images ( 530190959 )
In thisJune 2, 1997 file photo, Coretta Scott King (L), widow of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., and Maya Angelou speak to members of the media after visiting Betty Shabazz, the widow of slain civil rights activist Malcom X, at Jacobi Hospital in the Bronx, NY. Award-winning author, renowned poet and civil rights activist Dr. Maya Angelou has died. She was 86. AFP PHOTO/FILES/Jon LEVY/AFP/Getty Images ( 530190801 )
In this July 27, 2004 file photo, Poet and activist Dr. Maya Angelou addresses the Democratic National Conventionin Boston, Massachusetts.Award-winning author, renowned poet and civil rights activist Dr. Maya Angelou has died. She was 86. AFP PHOTO / Paul J. RICHARDS /AFP/Getty Images ( 530190839 )
In this July 27, 2004 file photo, Poet and activist Dr. Maya Angelou addresses the Democratic National Convention in Boston, Massachusetts.Award-winning author, renowned poet and civil rights activist Dr. Maya Angelou has died. She was 86. AFP PHOTO / Hector MATA /AFP/Getty Images ( 530190867 )
Dr. Maya Angelou attends her 82nd birthday at a party with friends and family at her home on May 20, 2010 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. (Photo by Steve Exum/Getty Images) ( 60517072 )
Maya Angelou speaks during the AARP Magazine's 2011 Inspire Awards at Ronald Reagan Building on December 9, 2010 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kris Connor/Getty Images) ( 62760489 )
Michelle Obama and Maya Angelou speak during the BET Honors 2012 at the Warner Theatre on January 14, 2012 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kris Connor/Getty Images) ( 67976038 )
NEW YORK - OCTOBER 30: Maya Angelou signs copies of "Maya Angelou: Letter to My Daughter" at Barnes & Noble in Union Square on October 30, 2008 in New York City. (Photo by Gabriela Maj/Getty Images) ( 83456168GM001_MAYA_ANGELOU_ )
Writer Maya Angelou attends the memorial celebration for Odetta at Riverside Church on February 24, 2009 in New York City. (Photo by Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images) ( 56846254 )
Dr. Maya Angelou (L) and Former U.S. President Bill Clinton attend the The 2009 Women of the Year hosted by Glamour Magazine at Carnegie Hall on November 9, 2009 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for Glamour Magazine) ( 58873228 )
Maya Angelou laughs at the Abyssian Development Corporation's tenth annual Harlem Renaissance Day of Commitment, June 15, 2004 in New York City. President Bill Clinton was honored at the event, but was unable to attend. (Photo by Scott Eells/Getty Images) ( 50957059SE008_ABYSSIAN )
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