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The Important Thing

Maya Angelou

The imporant thing about Maya Angelou is that she was an poet. She studied dance and drama and went on to a career in theater.She also supported Cuban leader fidel castro, despite his rivalry with U.S. leaders. But the most important thing about Maya Angelou is that she wrote poetry.

What did Maya Angelou do for a long?

Maya Angelou is a famous poet, civil right activist, and a actress, she is mostly a famous poet by the book " I know why a cage bird sing."

Family and Childhood Information

When living with her mother, Maya Angelou was sexually abused by her mother's boyfriend at age eight. Too embarrassed to tell anyone, Angelou told her brother, who proceeded to tell the rest of the family. The abuser was put on trial and was sentenced to jail, but was let out after one day, and a few days later was murdered presumably by one of Angelou's uncles. After this chain of events, Angelou became mute for five years, for she thought that her words and actions had caused the man to die, when in fact it was quite the opposite.

Early Life

Other Facts!

Quotes by Maya Angelou

  • Marguerite Ann Johnson was born on April 4, 1928 in St. Louis, Missouri.
  • She received her nickname from her older brother, Bailey, who had a stutter problem and could only say "My" for "My sister" which later formed into Maya.
  • As a teenager, Angelou won a scholarship to study dance and drama at San Francisco’s Labor School.
  • When she was 14, she quit school to become San Francisco’s first African-American female cable car conductor.
  • Later on she finished high school, and shortly after graduation she gave birth to her son, Guy.
  • "You alone are enough. You have nothing to prove to anybody."
  • " Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host, but anger is like fire. It burns it all clean."

Biography

How has Angelou made an impact on others' lives?

  • She has made a big impact on poetry. Without her we might not have gotten the chance to learn or experience poetry like we do now.

Major Accomplishments

By : Jamaya Posey

The End!

Maya Angelo is famous for writing poems. Maya Angelou has been awarded in a variety of ways for her various talents of musicality and intellect. Maya Angelou’s five autobiographical novels were met with critical and popular success. Her volume of poetry, Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water Fore I Die was nominated for the Pulitzer prize ,In 1993, she earned a NAACP award.

Hobbies and Interests

  • Maya Angelou was interested in poems and literature.
  • She liked to write poems.
  • She sometime liked to sing.
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