Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

First lady Michelle Obama lauded poet, orator and sage Maya Angelou as the first person who let her know she could be a strong and smart black woman, joining other famous admirers and friends in a ...

This afternoon President Barack Obama’s campaign sent out an email from famous African American writer Maya Angelo encouraging Americans to vote to reelect for President Barack Obama primarily because ...

Howard University Professor Eleanor Traylor, poet Nikki Giovanni, first lady Michelle Obama, Postmaster General Megan Brennan, Oprah Winfrey and artist Ross Rossin at the Maya Angelou “forever stamp” ...

Upon his election as president in 1992, Bill Clinton -- affectionately referred to as the nation's first black president -- asked Maya Angelou to compose a poem and read it at his inauguration.

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The president praised the poet, who died Wednesday at the age of 86.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- Maya Angelou liked to say that people will forget what you said or did in your life, but they will never forget how you made them feel. Former President Bill Clinton, first lady ...