The poet and memoirist
Maya Angelou died on May 28th, at the age of eighty-six. A civil-rights
activist and a professor at Wake Forest University, Angelou—born on April 4,
1928, in St. Louis, Missouri—was the author of works including “I Know Why the
Caged Bird Sings,” and received awards including the National Medal of Arts and
the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Her public life spanned
decades and included a nomination for the Pulitzer Prize, as well as dozens of
honorary degrees. "A great soul serves everyone all the time. A great soul
never dies. It brings us together again and again" - Maya Angelou.
