Black Texans and African Americans worldwide have been celebrating Juneteenth.It was 159 years ago that almost 2,000 Union ...

Maya Angelou’s breakthrough memoir ... Here are highlights from her work as an actor, director, and screenwriter. “Roots” (1977): In this serialized adaptation of Alex Haley’s best ...

The Roots’ vocalist’s silhouette is the centerpiece of a ... “For me, it was Sonia Sanchez, it was Maya Angelou, it was Alice Walker — those women in particular helped me realize that I had something ...

We know that death comes to us all. Marguerite Johnson, the woman the world knew as Maya Angelou, never feared the end. She was a woman who refused to be fettered by the world’s narrow dictates ...

The childhood home of Maya Angelou, Stamps was one of the more prosperous communities of southwestern Arkansas in the late 20th century, although it has seen some decline in the 21st century.

ST. LOUIS – A phenomenal woman who St. Louis claims as one of its own is Maya Angelou. She was born in ... for an Emmy Award for her acting in ‘Roots’ and her screenplay ‘Georgia.’ ...

"Roots" is not finished ... And my great-grandmother said, a la Maya Angelou, "You should be ashamed of yourself talking about how old and senile you're getting. I'm at least 10 years older ...

Angelou, who was born Marguerite Johnson in St. Louis, Missouri, was also a singer, dancer, and actress. She starred alongside Cicely Tyson in the 1977 TV mini series "Roots." Angelou played Tyson ...

Maya Angelou and Marvin Gaye. A cross pendant owned by Mary Church Terrell NMAAHC, gift of Ray and Jean Langston in memory of Mary Church and Robert Terrell Their stories, articulated through ...

Popular ancestry show Finding Your Roots is deep into its ninth season ... with Chris Rock, Morgan Freeman, Maya Angelou and more, Gates Jr. was given an instruction by PBS.

We can look to our history to envision numerous examples of caring for one’s spirit, such as Frederick Douglass, Martin Luther King Jr., Maya Angelou ... their indigenous roots, are historically ...

"Everything I know about the professional work ethic of an actor, I learned on Roots from Lou Gossett, from Maya Angelou, from Cicely Tyson, from Moses Gunn, from Hari Rhodes, from Ji-Tu Cumbuka.