MAYA ANGELOU (1977, ca. 1980, 1993, 2016) Photo archive

Group of four vintage original 8 x 10″ (20 x 25 cm) black-and-white glossy silver gelatin photos. One is double weight, one has original attached paper blurb, all with original markings on verso, fine.

Maya Angelou (1928-2014) was a world-renowned author, poet, civil rights activist and performer. She was a pioneering autobiographical writer, best known for her 1969 memoir I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, the first nonfiction bestseller by an African American woman. Angelou published seven autobiographies, several poetry collections, and three essay books. Her 1971 volume Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water ‘fore I Diiie was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. She was called “the black woman’s poet laureate”, and her poems have been called the anthems of African Americans. (Wikipedia)

Photos depict her film appearance in Poetic Justice (1993) with director John Singleton; her appearance in For You… Black Woman (1977); publicity for the documentary And Still I Rise: Maya Angelou (2016) and a portrait ca. 1980.