(ThyBlackMan.com) Maya Angelou ... a lasting impact on the world. The poem’s imagery of great trees falling evokes a sense of monumental loss, but Angelou also emphasizes the ways in which ...

Angelou mentored TV host Oprah Winfrey from her twenties onwards, acting as a support, friend and guide throughout her career. After Angelou’s death ... Maya Angelou." When he decided to have a ...

The marriage may not have lasted but the name did, staying with her until her death in 2014. Maya ... wrote a poem for Michael Jackson’s memorial service In ‘We Had Him’, Angelou described ...