How was Maya Angelou involved in the Civil Rights?

A brilliant author who organized with Dr. King and served on the staff of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. read more

Maya Angelou is remembered as a poet, an author, an actress, a dancer, an educator, even a film director. But she also played a role in both the civil rights movement — and in depicting those ugly days. read more

Activism; Lived History; Maya Angelou’s Civil Rights Legacy Maya Angelou’s Civil Rights Legacy. A brilliant author who organized with Dr. King and served on the staff of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. read more

After becoming an accomplished singer and actress, Angelou was deeply involved in the 1960s civil rights struggle, working with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X. Encouraged by the author James Baldwin, among others, to focus on her writing, Angelou penned “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,” her first of seven autobiographies. read more