LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Sen. Mark Pryor says Maya Angelou's life was shaped by her childhood spent in the Arkansas town of Stamps and Arkansans will forever be grateful for her impact on the world.

Her landmark book “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” was among the first 20th-century autobiographies of a Black woman to reach a wide readership. Maya Angelou in 1974.Credit...Wayne Miller/Magnum ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Maya Angelou, an icon of American literature, has left an indelible mark on history, particularly Black ...

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