Gandhiji wrote to the children of his ashram, “Little birds, ordinary birds, cannot fly without wings. With wings, of course, all can fly… See, I have no wings. Yet I come flying to you every day in ...

Maya Angelou: poet, singer, dancer, painter, Grammy winner — and now, hip-hop artist. The new album Caged Bird Songs takes its title from Angelou's 1969 book I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. One of ...

With the death of Maya Angelou, the world has lost a laureate of liberty. In tribute to Maya, here's her ode to freedom, 'Caged Bird'.

It was in a seventh-grade classroom in South Central Los Angeles that I was first introduced to Maya Angelou. I still remember how the words constructed lyrical melodies that bounced like notes, ...

The New York Choral Society, New York's pioneering symphonic chorus that explores unique collaboration and dynamic repertory, announces their latest digital collaborative project, The Caged Bird Sings ...

In her lifetime, Maya Angelou released the 1957 LP Miss Calypso, joined Ashford & Simpson for 1996’s Been Found and won three Grammys, all for spoken-word releases. This May, she died at age 86, but ...