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Maya Angelou

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Maya Angelou

1928 – 2014 · aged 86 · Poet and memoirist

“Still I rise.”

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Maya Angelou's memoir I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings told the story of her childhood in the segregated South and became a landmark of American literature. She read her poem On the Pulse of Morning at Bill Clinton's inauguration.

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“Still I rise.”

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Maya Angelou reciting her poem "On the Pulse of Morning" at President Bill Clinton's inauguration in 1993.
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Maya Angelou visits York College Feb 2013
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Hillary Clinton and Maya Angelou speaking at Wake Forest University in Winston Salem, NC.
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Press photo of Maya Angelou for the 1957 film Calypso Heat Wave
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Maya Angelou's Conversation With Tupac Shakur
3 Sept 2026

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Maya Angelou's "Hey Black Child," recited by 3-yr old Pe’Tehn Raighn Kem
3 Sept 2026

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Phenomenal Woman: Maya Angelou.
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Dr. Maya Angelou - I Am Human
3 Sept 2026

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Beth Freeman
30 Jul 2026

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I have read Maya's books more times than I can count. Each time they gave me something new.

Ebony Brown
22 Mar 2026

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Never forgotten

The books stay. That's the mercy of it.

Norma Reyes
21 Sept 2025

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Rest in peace

I never met Maya, but I feel like I grew up with them. Thank you for being part of my life.

Sunil Mehta26 Oct 2025

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Same here. Exactly this.

Ruth Fields22 Feb 2026

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Sending love from the States.

Divya Shah
18 Aug 2025

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Rest well, Maya. The work is done, and it was good.

Carolyn Campbell
27 Jun 2025

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Still with us

My dad introduced me to Maya's work when I was a kid. We talked about it for hours. Today I'm thinking of both of them.

Chantel Mays7 Aug 2025

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Same here. Exactly this.

Andrea Winston
29 May 2025

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Still with us

I met Maya once, very briefly, and they were kind to a nervous stranger. That's what I'll remember.

Owen Blake12 Jul 2026

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Well put.

Dylan Hamilton
13 Apr 2025

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A life fully lived. Thank you, Maya.

Kayla Sutton
11 Apr 2025

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To the family: you shared Maya with all of us for so long. Thank you. We're holding you in our thoughts.

Timothy Ruiz
16 Mar 2025

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Thank you for every sentence, Maya.

Nomvula Kamau
13 Mar 2025

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Rest in peace

There are people you assume will always be there. Losing Maya feels like losing a piece of the furniture of the world.

Jennifer Pratt10 Apr 2025

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Couldn't agree more.

Molly Rice
12 Mar 2025

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One of a kind

Thank you, Maya. For the joy, the honesty, and for showing up when it mattered.

Fernando Estrada29 Jun 2025

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Couldn't agree more.

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Maya put words to things I'd never been able to say.

Rosemary Powell18 Jul 2025

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Well put.

Ashley Adams
12 Mar 2025

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Thank you for a lifetime of it, Maya. Rest in peace.

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166 people are remembering Maya here. Every candle here is someone saying they were glad Maya lived. No account needed; it takes a moment and it stays here.

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Kayla Sutton🇬🇧24 Aug 2026
Teresa Perry🇺🇸20 Aug 2026
Never forgotten.
Giulia Mancini🇺🇸18 Aug 2026
Russell Matthews🇺🇸6 Aug 2026
Brenda Newman🇺🇸23 Jul 2026
Thinking of the family today.
Nancy Pham🇺🇸20 Jul 2026
Lily Taylor🇺🇸20 Jul 2026
Joshua Jackson🇺🇸3 Jul 2026
Thank you for everything.
Bobby Lewis🇺🇸30 Jun 2026
Dawn Powell🇺🇸21 Jun 2026
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Timeline

  1. 4 April 1928
    Born in St. Louis, Missouri, USA
  2. 28 May 2014
    Died in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
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