Maya Angelou

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December 12, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - Interior Secretary Ken Salazar endorsed a plan Tuesday to remove a disputed inscription from the Martin Luther…
August 28, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - A year after the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial opened to visitors in Washington, the group behind…
May 17, 2012
Maya Angelou has taken up the issue of women's health by opening her own wellness center...
February 21, 2012
DENTON, Texas (AP) - The 83-year-old poet is hosting a radio special on the civil rights era airing on public…
February 10, 2012
theGRIO Q&A - Dr. Maya Angelou talks receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Obama, as well as her…
February 2, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - Author and activist Maya Angelou hopes for a time when Black History Month will no longer be…
January 13, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - A quote inscribed in stone on the new Martin Luther King memorial will likely be changed after…
December 28, 2011
NEWS ONE - Check out NewsOne's top 10 'n-word' scandals of the year...
December 19, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - Common told theGrio he has no regrets over using the N word on a track featuring poet…
December 19, 2011
OPINION - It's easy to understand why Maya Angelou is upset with Common for using the n-word on a track…
December 16, 2011
The Huffington Post - Hosted by actress Gabrielle Union the event will recognize the outstanding lifetime achievements of world renowned…
September 3, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - Ed Jackson Jr. tells The Washington Post he stands by the paraphrased line from King's "drum major"…
August 31, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - The phrase is inscribed on a statue of King without quotation marks because it is paraphrased...
April 8, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - Welcome to the weekly wrap up. We've got all the black entertainment news from the week that…
March 8, 2011
SLIDESHOW - In honor of International Women's Day theGrio has compiled this illustrious list of celebrated female African-American trailblazers...
February 22, 2011
NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is helping teachers bring history alive in their classrooms...
February 15, 2011
OPINION - Collectively, Maya Angelou, John Lewis and Bill Russell represent the very best of the American spirit..
January 21, 2011
SLIDESHOW - Barack Obama was inaugurated, 'The Jeffersons' debuted and soul legend Jackie Wilson died; this is an incredibly historic…
December 9, 2010
(AP) - Angelou, whose second cookbook, "Great Food, All Day Long" (Random House, 2010), features holiday-worthy dishes such as crown…
November 17, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama will present the awards to the 15 honorees early next year...