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Kennedy's oath-taking in 1961, the modern trend began with Maya Angelou's appearance at ... Today, more than a decade after her 2014 death, Angelou occupies a unique role in our culture: she ...

Few individuals have left an impact as great as Maya Angelou across so many sectors. Best known for her autobiographical ...

The grandson of Maya Angelou is trying to wrest control ... Murphy-Johnson has a 25 percent stake in Angelou's intellectual property, gifted to him by Angelou upon her death in 2014, according to the ...

Maya Angelou reads a poem during the inauguration of Bill Clinton in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 20, 1993. Credit - Larry Morris—The Washington Post via Getty Images The flattening of Angelou in ...