Angelou portrays Nyo Boto, grandmother of Kunta Kinte, in Alex Haley’s “Roots.”
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Honoring Maya Angelou
The author and activist became the first Black woman on the U.S. quarter. See some glimpses from the life of an American icon.
Angelou preparing beef marinade for a party in honor of writers Toni Morrison and Rita Dove at her home in Winston-Salem, N.C.
Angelou, left, and Oprah Winfrey in a scene from the 1993 film "There Are No Children Here."
Michelle Obama, left, and Angelou speak during the BET Honors 2012.
Angelou and Scott King, right, at the "Maya Angelou Life Mosaic" Collection by Hallmark at the Metropolitan Pavilion in New York City.
Visiting with Naomi Judd at Angelou's birthday party in 2010.
Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Rodham Clinton, right, holds a conversation with Dr. Maya Angelou before an audience at Wake Forest University in 2008.
Angelou poses for a portrait during an interview in Washington, D.C., in 1974.
The Maya Angelou Forever Stamp was dedicated by the United States Postal Service at the African Burial Ground National Monument in New York City in 2015.
Oprah Winfrey speaks at the unveiling ceremony of the Maya Angelou Forever Stamp in Washington, D.C., in 2015, months after Angelou's death.
Constance Good (as Maya Angelou) stands at a lecturn in a scene from the 1979 television movie "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings," based on Angelou's autobiography.
With the late civil rights activist Dr. Dorothy I. Height, left, and Quincy Jones in an undated photo.
Sharing a meal with Robin Roberts, right, on recipes featured in Angelou's cookbook, "Great Food All Day Long."
