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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 ...
Angelou's autobiographies are distinct in style and narration, and "stretch over time and place", [2] from Arkansas to Africa and back to the US. They take place from the beginnings of World War II to the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. [2] Angelou wrote collections of essays, including Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now (1993) and Even the Stars Look Lonesome (1997), which ...
Partly in tribute to the activist and poet laureate Maya Angelou, the 75-minute performance celebrates the transformative ability of Black women rising above expectations and turning adversity ...
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).
Maya Angelou's writing is full of wisdom, compassion, and understanding. ... During your most difficult moments, recall Angelou's triumphant declaration in “Still I Rise.” “You may shoot me ...
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. Aberjhani (born 1957), historian, columnist, novelist, poet, artist and editor; Mumia Abu-Jamal (born 1954), political activist and journalist; Linda Addison (born 1952), author and poet; Tomi Adeyemi (born 1993), author and creative writing coach; Ai, aka Ai Ogawa, birth name Florence Anthony (1947–2010), poet, NBA for poetry, 1999
Columnist Kathy Silverberg writes that the powerful words of literary icon Maya Angelou still resonate with us today.