The poem "Still I Rise" is the title poem of And Still I Rise, the third volume of poetry published by African American author Maya Angelou (1928-2014). It was published by Random House in 1968. It displays the writer's typical themes of hope and determination in the face of oppression, and is widely assigned in classes on African-American women's poetry and experience.
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