Poet and social activist Sonia Sanchez is this year’s “Doing the Dream” speaker for Ivy Tech Kokomo’s annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. event. The 21st iteration of the event that honors the legacy of ...

The Bombay High Court recently quoted American civil rights activist Maya Angelou while permitting a Hindu girl to continue her 'live-in relationship' with a Muslim boy, observing that love ...

Following Liam's death, Maya became the target of online trolls who have been unfairly saying she it to blame for the death of the singer. She returned to Instagram to celebrate Thanksgiving with ...

Her interpreter recited: “Tonight I am going to be Maya Angelou, signing poems that spiral sky high ... Forty years after his death, the Californian activist Peter Carr gets a revival ...

In his poem he has called his death as single point of your failure. The lines read, “My death: your single point of failure.” It further added, “Many crave the game of misery’s snare but the brave ...

Together, they have suffered through countless hardships and conquered all the obstacles in their path, some that even pushed them to death's door. However, there have been many ideas among the ...

Today we launch The Telegraph’s fifth annual poetry competition, and the theme this year is – a drumroll, please – “time”. As ever, the contest is open to all, and free (but note the T ...

Her poetry, writings and powerful voice exploring race ... The three-day event at Winfrey’s home celebrated women in art, entertainment and civil rights, including Maya Angelou, Aretha Franklin, ...

American poet Yolanda Cornelia 'Nikki' Giovanni leans ... entertainment and civil rights, including Maya Angelou, Aretha Franklin, Coretta Scott King, Toni Morrison, Rosa Parks, Diana Ross and ...