Faith Ringgold, Maya’s Quilt of Life, (1989). Estimate $150,000 to $250,000. (Photo: Courtesy of Swann Galleries) Celebrated poet, writer, actress, and civil rights activist Maya Angelou’s private ...

Faith Ringgold, “Maya’s Quilt of Life” (1989), acrylic on canvas with pieced fabric border (all images courtesy Swann Auction Galleries) The pieces in the auction are but a sample of Angelou’s ...

Maya Angelou, the pioneering African American author and poet, also had quite the art collection, featuring a number of prominent African American artists. On September 15, Swann Galleries’ ...

As well-known as Maya Angelou was for her memoirs, which eventually filled six volumes, she very likely received her widest exposure on a chilly January day in 1993, when she delivered the inaugural ...

Watch for: “On the Pulse of Morning” by Maya Angelou. New York, N.Y.: Random House, 1993. National Poetry Month was established in April 1996 to highlight the achievements of American poets, support ...

OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) -- As millions of Americans clung to the poem flowing from National Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman during President Joe Biden's inauguration, it was hard not to draw ...

At a memorial service for poet Maya Angelou, First Lady Michelle Obama said Angelou's writings first inspired her as a young ...