Maya Angelou 1928-2014

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  1. Hello there.
  2. My name lives J.
  3. Stan Berry, and I'm doing my research on Maya Angelou.
  4. Hate has caused a lot of problems in this world,
  5. but it has not solved one yet.
  6. Maya Angelou Mile was given the birthday Marjorie on April
  7. 4th in 1928 during the Great Depression.
  8. She was born in ST Louis, Missouri, and grew up
  9. in Stamps, Arkansas.
  10. She moved back and forth between the two due to
  11. custody matters and different cares.
  12. Angelou was given the name Maya by her brother, Bailey
  13. Jr My own family consisted of Bailey Johnson, her father,
  14. Vivienne Baxter.
  15. Sasha Johnson, who mother, her brother, Baylin, junior on her
  16. mother's boyfriend, Freeman.
  17. And I'll talk about something than in a little bit
  18. a little bit later, just because it will be more
  19. relevant to that topic.
  20. And then Maya Angelou son Die.
  21. Angelou is granted various opportunities and welcome to speak into
  22. her words in several places.
  23. Angelou's book.
  24. At President Clinton's inauguration in 1993 she chose a work
  25. of poetry Ah, 100 or nine line poem with words
  26. and influence.
  27. Millions of people on that day and forwards all read.
  28. The 1st 3 lines a rock, a river, a tree
  29. host two species long since departed March of the master
  30. gone. There's Angelou, speaking at President Clinton's inauguration.
  31. Maya Angelou loved to cook and make foods for family,
  32. friends and people who supported her.
  33. Cooking ran in Angela's family as a tradition and to
  34. make others feel special.
  35. During an interview with Oprah Winfrey, Angelou stated, I learned
  36. to cook by observing my mother and grandmother.
  37. Angelou also stated that during the Great Depression, choose told
  38. to eat all the food she could because of the
  39. lack and high prices and not always being able to
  40. afford food.
  41. I've learned that people will forget what you said.
  42. People will forget what you did, But people will never
  43. forget how you made them feel at the age of
  44. eight. Angelou, Experion something no one should ever have to
  45. go through.
  46. She was raped by her own mother's boyfriend.
  47. Freeman Freeman had also evidently been assaulting her and abusing
  48. her since that you got together, Angela spoke up and
  49. told Bailey Jr.
  50. Her brother, about it, who contacted authorities on Angela's behalf.
  51. Freeman was taken to court with Angelou and her brother,
  52. and the two siblings testified against Freeman, he was jailed
  53. for one day and released back to the home, not
  54. after being out for a day.
  55. Freeman was murdered, and Angela's brother did it.
  56. As a result, Angelou felt that she caused Freeman's death.
  57. Angelou was blaming herself, shaming and self sabotaging.
  58. She quit talking after that day.
  59. Freeman was killed prior to speaking.
  60. And then five years later, Angelou used riding Dance on
  61. our to convey her emotions.
  62. In 2011 Angelou was invited to the White House and
  63. presented with the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack
  64. Obama. This honor is the highest award one can earn.
  65. Angelou won three Grammys, all for her spoken word slash
  66. poetry, one in 1994 on the pulse of mourning, one
  67. in 1996 Phenomenal Woman and one in 2003 a song
  68. slung up to heaven.
  69. I didn't really find a specific of them that I
  70. thought would lead to a lot, so I just decided
  71. to continue focusing on my Angelou's life.
  72. Short term effects.
  73. The first blacks three car conductor in San Francisco.
  74. She met money people, including President Barack Obama, Martin Luther
  75. King Jr.
  76. President Clinton and more famous people.
  77. She became a mom to guide Johnson.
  78. She was presented with various awards and honors.
  79. My Angelou defended the rights of others and participated in
  80. the civil rights movement, and she was a Mountie of
  81. Martin Luther Team union.
  82. Long term effects.
  83. Her books published are so on the shelves in many
  84. places. To this day, people are Googling on special, no
  85. quotes, and many of her is appear.
  86. She's had many life lessons past forwards.
  87. She's become an idol and inspiration for many others, and
  88. she challenges others to never be hesitant about speaking up
  89. about what they believe in what is right.
  90. No. So is her last cool last tweet before she
  91. died in 2014.
  92. Listen to yourself.
  93. And then that quiet did you might hear the voice
  94. of God allows my dog.
  95. Yes, he you're the credits that I've used.
  96. Oprah dot com, Jeannie dot com a j c dot
  97. com, granny dot com Grammy Obama white house dot com
  98. Notable biography and Google Dogs