February is Black History Month, and while the observance began ... change bulldozed a road down the center of my mind." — Maya Angelou, writer and activist "Doing the best at this moment ...

That's why we celebrate Black History Month in February ... I rise. I rise." —Maya Angelou, world-renowned poet laureate, author, actress, playwright and civil rights activist whose career ...

From being abandoned by her parents at just four years old to becoming one of the 20th Century’s most iconic figures, Maya Angelou lived ... the first black woman in history to do so.