Maya Angelou
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- Maya Angelou(1928-Present Day)
- Personal Life
- Born 4th april 1928, St Louis, Missouri
- raised in St. Louis and stamps, Arkansas
- experienced serious racial discrimination
- had an unshakable faith and values in African-american family, community and culture
- knew french, spanish, italian, arabic and the west african language fanti
- Born 4th april 1928, St Louis, Missouri
- as a teenager she loved the arts
- won her a scholarship to study dance & drama at san francisco labor school
- dropped out ages 14 first African-american female cable car conductor
- later finished highschool and gave birth to son
- worked as waitress and cook
- later finished highschool and gave birth to son
- dropped out ages 14 first African-american female cable car conductor
- won her a scholarship to study dance & drama at san francisco labor school
- 1954&55 toured Europe and studied dance
- 1957- recorded first album
- 1958- moved to new york
- 1960- moved to Cairo, eygypt
- 1961- moved to ghana taught dance and drama at university
- 1960- moved to Cairo, eygypt
- 1958- moved to new york
- 1957- recorded first album
- met Malcolm x & in 1964 returned to us to help build his new organisation of African american unity
- shortly after x's assassination martin Luther king contacted her
- she was devastated by his assassination in 1968
- shortly after x's assassination martin Luther king contacted her
- she begun work on a book 'i know why the caged bird sings'
- was published 1970
- claimed enormous success
- her published versus, non-fiction and fiction now include more than 30 best selling titles
- was published 1970
- Personal Life
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