The document discusses poet and author Maya Angelou. It provides biographical details about Angelou, including her birth name and her accomplishments as a poet, autobiographer, activist, and writer. It summarizes her most famous autobiography, "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings", which tells the story of her rape as a child. The document also discusses her famous poems "Phenomenal Woman" and "And Still I Rise", explaining their themes of empowerment.