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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 ...
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).
The book begins when three-year-old Maya and her older brother are sent to Stamps, Arkansas, to live with their grandmother and ends when Maya becomes a mother at the age of 16. In the course of Caged Bird , Maya transforms from a victim of racism into a self-possessed, dignified young woman capable of responding to prejudice.
Guy Johnson, the son and only child of late poet Maya Angelou, has died at age 77. Angelou’s official Facebook The post Maya Angelou’s son, Guy Johnson, dies at 77 appeared first on TheGrio.
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.
Gather Together in My Name is a 1974 memoir by American writer and poet Maya Angelou.It is the second book in Angelou's series of seven autobiographies. Written three years after the publication of and beginning immediately following the events described in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, it follows Angelou, called Rita, from the ages of 17 to 19.
Oprah Winfrey has recalled how Maya Angelou’s book helped her cope with the sexual abuse she experienced during her childhood.. The 69-year-old TV host spoke candidly about the late poet’s ...
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 ...