Maya Angelou (1928-2014) was an American poet, memoirist, performer, and civil rights activist, born Marguerite Annie Johnson in St. Louis and raised in the segregated South. She rose to international fame with her groundbreaking 1969 memoir I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, and went on to publish acclaimed poetry, teach, act, direct, and work alongside leaders such as Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X. Angelou is most remembered for her powerful voice of resilience, dignity, and hope, especially in works like “Still I Rise” and her inaugural poem “On the Pulse of Morning,” delivered for President Bill Clinton in 1993. Having endured trauma, racism, and hardship, she spoke from lived experience when she urged people not merely to survive, but to thrive with passion, compassion, humor, and style.
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