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Maya Angelou

My struggles in life

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Maya Angelou was born in St. Louis, Missouri but spent most of her childhood living with her grandmother in Stamps, Arkansas.

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Maya Angelou is known for being an Actress, an author, a musician, a dancer, a civil rights activit, and a poet. She has won many awards for her work.

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When Maya Angelou was 8 her mother’s boyfriend raped her causing her to not talk for about five years. Maya’s mother decides she can’t handle the mute state that Maya is in so Maya’s mom sends her back to live with her grandma in Stamps, Arkansas. While living in Stamps, Maya Angelou personally struggled with issues of segregation because the town of Stamps was racially segregated. Society has a view of black women that threatens the view of how a black woman see herself

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