His acting credits included Brother Jerro in "The Trials of Brother Jerro Bohem," Hickey in "Of Mice and Men," and The Valet in Jean Genet's The Blacks (1961–1966) alongside of James Earl Jones, Maya Angelou, Cicely Tyson, and many other Black actors who went on to change Hollywood.
The alley is now known for its engraved Western and Chinese poems, including poets such as John Steinbeck, Maya Angelou, and Kerouac himself.
Davis discusses A Girl Like Me in the 2008 film The Black Candle, directed by M. K. Asante, Jr. and narrated by Maya Angelou.
He concluded that a festival could serve as a method to bring these companies together, and he contacted renowned author and poet Maya Angelou for support.
A new admirer of Red's is the Pulitzer Prize Winning American author Maya Angelou, who calls Red 'Her Son' and who has helped introduce him to a whole new audience Stateside.
Governor Rick Perry and First Lady Anita Perry are the official hosts of the event, which has featured keynote speakers including Dr. Maya Angelou, poet, author, educator and historian; Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York, writer and family health advocate; Carly Fiorina, former CEO of HP; Maria Hinojosa, Emmy-nominated journalist and author; and Melinda French Gates, co-founder of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
The themes encompassing African-American writer Maya Angelou's seven autobiographies include racism, identity, family, and travel.
The first line of the song, "All God's children need traveling shoes", is the title of a book by writer/poet Maya Angelou.
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The AGMC has also performed joint concerts with several special guests, including the Derivative Duo (Seattle, Washington) in 1995, Dr. Maya Angelou in 1998, and the Atlanta Ballet in 1999.
The Common Novel nomination was part of a long-time tradition at the Institute that included authors like Maya Angelou, Andre Dubus III, William Joseph Kennedy, and Anthony Swofford.
On April 10, 2006, the arena hosted the nationally televised CMT Music Awards for the first time and in September of 2011 featured special guest and keynote speaker Dr. Maya Angelou in celebration of its 10th Annual Humanities Symposium.
Individuals who have conducted exclusive interviews with the paper on education issues include: Tony Blair, Maya Angelou, Nelson Mandela, Senator Edward Kennedy, Laura Bush and Hillary Clinton.
The film is intercut with reminiscences by Bill Cosby, Maya Angelou (who started at Banducci's club performing Caribbean songs and patter with a Caribbean accent) and Phyllis Diller.
Prior to moving to the Lois & Richard Rosenthal Center for Contemporary Art in 2003, the CAC featured work by noteworthy artists such as Robert Morris, Jennifer Bartlett and Maya Angelou.
She had a one person show at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art in 1980, "Bay Area Personalities", watercolor portraits of Maya Angelou, Herb Caen, Louise Cavis, Melvin Belli and Dianne Feinstein.
Shortly after the Remainders' first shows, Goldmark was introduced to Jessica Mitford by Maya Angelou.
Writer James Baldwin's brother David worked as a bartender at the club, thereby attracting patronage from Baldwin as well as other authors, including Toni Morrison, Amiri Baraka and Maya Angelou.
People of all ages and races have gathered together to bask in the presence of: Maya Angelou, Charles Dutton, Wynton Marsalis, Amiri Baraka, Avery Brooks, Nancy Wilson, Sweet Honey in the Rock, Spike Lee, Ousmane Sembène, Pearl Cleage, Kenny Leon, Carrie Mae Weems, Radcliffe Bailey, Sonia Sanchez and literally thousands of other artists from the USA and around the world.
It was compiled with the participation and support of the Shakur family, contributors include Maya Angelou, Snoop Dogg, DJ Quik, Nikki Giovanni, Kevin Powell, Common, E-40, Sonia Sanchez, and others.
While critically acclaimed for her creative writing, Coleman's greatest notoriety came as a result of an unfavorable review she wrote in the April 14, 2002 edition of The Los Angeles Times Book Review of Maya Angelou's book, A Song Flung Up to Heaven.
William Worthy, along with actors Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee, writers James Baldwin, Julian Mayfield and John Killens, poets Maya Angelou, Sonia Sanchez and Leroi Jones, historian John Henrik Clarke, and photojournalist Gordon Parks was one of the most important political allies of Malcolm X.
Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Earl Spencer, Princess Michael of Kent, the former South African president FW De Klerk, the author Maya Angelou and Coronation Street's William Roache were amongst his many guests.