In this 1982 interview from the Creativity series, Bill accompanied the legendary poet Maya Angelou in her first visit back to her hometown in Stamps, Arkansas.

The prominent playwright and author of The Children's Hour, Watch on the Rhine, and The Little Foxes talks about her complicated life and her intellectual and political concerns.

Bill Moyers sits down for the first time with one of the most influential literary voices of our time, Maya Angelou.