There’s a notion that diverse children’s toys or diverse children’s books are only important for children from diverse ...

Maya Angelou. This picture book brings bits and age-appropriate pieces of Angelou’s “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” to children. In doing so, it respects her story and its young readers.

In her new book, Mom & Me & Mom, Maya Angelou recalls her turbulent relationship with her late mother and their ultimate reconciliation. Below, the acclaimed poet and memoirist names six works ...

A young Maya Angelou is enchanted by a life-changing performance of Porgy and Bess. 4. As a young woman she worked as a pimp and a prostitute In her 1974 book, Gather Together In My Name ...