The family of Maya Angelou arranged a private memorial service Saturday at Wake Forest University’s Wait Chapel, where the writer had taught for more than 30 years. First lady Michelle Obama, Former President Clinton and Oprah Winfrey paid tribute to Angelou along with family, friends and admirers. Angelou died May 28 at age 86. Share […]

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The family of Maya Angelou has arranged a private memorial service in Wake Forest University’s Wait Chapel on Saturday, June 7 at 10 a.m. Due…

  Oprah Winfrey is in Winston Salem assisting with the services for Dr. Maya Angelou. Services will be held Saturday at Wait Chapel on the campus of Wake Forest University, the college Dr. Angelou spend decades as as a professor. Time Warner Cable News will carry the services Saturday at 10am EST.  

The death of Maya Angelou sent the world reeling. Many are still trying to process the passing of such an iconic global figure. While everyone…

Funeral services for Dr. Maya Angelou, who died last Wednesday at 86-years-old, will be held Saturday morning on the campus of Wake Forest University, reports WXII. Heads of states and other dignitaries are expected to attend the private service, but no names have been confirmed. Prior to her death, Dr. Angelou had been a faculty […]

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Funeral services for Dr. Maya Angelou, who died last Wednesday at 86-years-old, will be held Saturday morning on the campus of Wake Forest University, reports WXII.…

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John Ruckh, a 24 year EMS veteran in Forsyth County, North Carolina, has been suspended after comments he made about Oprah Winfrey were picked up…

(Indianapolis, Ind) – While she lived, Maya Angelou’s words touched millions and now as she rests her legacy remains, helping shape the lives of many, especially women and women in the public eye. Access Indy’s Cameron Ridle spoke with five notable Indianapolis women who all would call Dr. Angelou a role model. Featuring: Karen Vaughn […]

(Indianapolis, Ind) – Women’s Empowerment Speaker and talkshow host Cathy Holloway Hill was granted the oppurtunity to interview Maya Angelou, not knowing it would be Angelou’s last, before her passing on May 28, 2014. Hill talked with Access Indy’s Cameron Ridle about the expierence that has made her a part of history.     Listen […]

National best selling author, genius, icon for the civil rights and feminist movements, Dr. Maya Angelou, has been hailed as one of the great voices…

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American activist, teacher and writer Maya Angelou is gone from us but certainly not forgotten. Wednesday, on the day she passed, NewsOne hit the streets…

One of Maya Angelou’s many memorable moments took place during the filming of the 1993 drama, “Poetic Justice,” where she diffused an argument involving the film’s star, Tupac Shakur. Angelou recalled the moment during a 2013 interview with George Stroumboulopoulos. “I didn’t know who he was… He was into a big rowel with another young man,” she recalled during the […]