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Maya Angelou at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery on Saturday, April 5, 2014 in Washington, D.C. (Paul Morigi/AP Images for National Portrait).
Maya Angelou, one of the most beloved African-American authors, died today at age 86. In spite of her difficult childhood, she became an award-winning writer and a leading civil-rights activist who ultimately received the 2010 Medal of Freedom from President Barack Obama. Even facing the rockiest of realities, Maya Angelou still rose.
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