Maya Angelou was an internationally acclaimed African American author, poet, actress, dancer and civil rights activist. She was born as Marguerite Annie Johnson in 1928 in St. Louis, Missouri. She had a rough childhood and was sent to live with her grand
Ideas for Using Every-Day Editsin the classroom. Activity Key Uncorrected Text Who be came the first black streetcar conductor in San Francisco and later red her poetry at the inauguration of president Bill Clinton! Born in St Louis, Missouri, in April 1928, Maya Angelou is the African-Americ...
Angelou experienced discrimination and racial prejudices. Angelou gave birth to her son Guy, at the age of sixteen and married her first husband Tosh Angelos, at the age of twenty-four. Angelou and Tosh divorced years later however, she did get married a couple of more times. Angelou experien...
American poet, memoirist, and actress Maya Angelou explored the themes of economic, racial, and sexual oppression throughout her several volumes of autobiography, including her first autobiographical work, "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" (1969). Her po
My mission in life is to not merely survive, but to thrive: and do so with passion, compassion, humor, and style. - Maya Angelou
Although born inSt. Louis, Angelou spent much of her childhood in the care of her paternal grandmother in rural Stamps,Arkansas. When she was notyeteight years old, she was raped by her mother’s boyfriend and told of it, after which he was murdered; the traumatic sequence of events left...