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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is a 1969 autobiography describing the young and early years of American writer and poet Maya Angelou.The first in a seven-volume series, it is a coming-of-age story that illustrates how strength of character and a love of literature can help overcome racism and trauma.
Maya Angelou (/ ˈ æ n dʒ ə l oʊ / ⓘ AN-jə-loh; [1] [2] born Marguerite Annie Johnson; April 4, 1928 – May 28, 2014) was an American memoirist, poet, and civil rights activist. She published seven autobiographies, three books of essays, several books of poetry, and is credited with a list of plays, movies, and television shows spanning ...
Maya's teacher at George Washington High School in San Francisco. "A rare educator", [28] she is white but shows no favoritism to her students based upon their race. Angelou states that she is "the only teacher I remembered", [29] and probably the only white person who befriended her.
Maya Angelou's "Still I Rise" poem remains an anthem for the oppressed's struggle against the powerful, especially Black women. Themes of dignity and strength are inspiring.
Maya Angelou's brilliant writing has touched hearts and impacted readers around the world.. The late writer, activist, and poet had a penchant for capturing the most precious moments of human ...
Mom & Me & Mom (2013) is the seventh of Maya Angelou's series of autobiographies.It was completed 11 years after the publication of her previous autobiography, A Song Flung Up to Heaven (2002), [note 1] and more than thirty years after she wrote her first autobiography, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969).
Angelou's inclusion of her tour with The Blacks to Berlin and Venice is a digression that detracts from the African setting, but Lupton sees it as a contribution to Angelou's character development and provides the book with a "universal quality" as Angelou reaches beyond the confines of her personal life and encounters racism in Germany. During ...
Oh Pray My Wings are Gonna Fit Me Well is Maya Angelou's second volume of poetry. She studied and began writing poetry at a young age. [1] After her rape at the age of eight, as recounted in her first autobiography I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969), she dealt with her trauma by memorizing and reciting great works of literature, including poetry, which helped bring her out of her self ...