Audio and Video: Maya Angelou, Appearances and Interviews

Maya Angelou passed away today.

Below, find a very small selection of audio/video of interviews, book discussions, and appearances by Angelou that can be streamed online.

From the C-SPAN Video Library

• Interview with Maya Angelou (Recorded on November 16, 2013)

• 2010 Medal of Freedom Recipients (February 11, 2010)

• Book Discussion on Letter to My Daughter (October 1, 2008)

• Book Discussion on A Song Flung Up to Heaven (April 28, 2002)

• Harlem Renaissance Poets (January 27, 2002)

• Maya Angelou Perspective (August 26, 1996)

Ms. Angelou appeared on C-SPAN a total of 25 times. You can find links to view video of all her appearances here.

From National Public Radio

• Interview: In A New Memoir, Maya Angelou Recalls How A ‘Lady’ Became ‘Mom’ (2013)

• Maya Angelou’s Poem For Nelson Mandela (2013)

Merv Griffin Show (From 1982)

From WNYC

• Maya Angelou: Her Two Moms (2013 Interview with Brian Lehrer)

Biography (Video)

• 4 Minute Mini-Bio From Biography.com

Time.com (Video)

• 10 Questions For Maya Angelou (2013)

CBC, Interview with George Stroumboulopoulos (2013)

From the Smithsonian Institution

From Harvard University

• Who Mentored Maya Angelou? (2009)

From the WGBH Open Vault

• Maya Angelou reads her poem “Phenomenal Women”(1978)

KPIX (via SF TV Archive)

• People Are Talking Interview (1990)

Additional Resources

Mini Bibliography (via NLS/BPH)
Last Updated in 2011.

Maya Angelou’s OCLC WorldCat Identities File
Includes list of her most widely held works, publication timeline, and much more.

Maya Angelou’s Library of Congress Name Authority File Record

From Smithsonian Magazine

Growing Up Maya Angelou (April 2003)