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Angelou was born Marguerite Johnson on April 4, 1928, in Saint Louis, Missouri. Her parents separated when she was very young. For much of her childhood, she lived with her grandmother and brother in Stamps, Arkansas. Her brother gave her the nickname Maya.
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Angelou was born in St. Louis, Missouri, the second child of Bailey Johnson, a doorman and navy dietitian, and Vivian (Baxter) Johnson, a nurse and card dealer. When Angelou was three, her parents' marriage ended, and her father sent her and her siblings to Stamps, Arkansas, alone by train, to live with their paternal grandmother Annie Henderson. H...
Before becoming a poet and writer, Angelou tried other occupations as a young adult. Maya worked as a fry cook, a dancer and performer, a cast member of the opera Porgy and Bess, coordinator for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and a journalist in Egypt and Ghana during the days of decolonization. She was an actor, writer, director, an...
Angelou was honored by universities, literary organizations, government agencies, and special interest groups. Her honors included a Pulitzer Prize nomination for her book of poetry, Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'fore I Diiie, a Tony Award nomination for her role in the 1973 play Look Away, and three Grammys for her spoken-word albums. She se...
“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”“We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.”“Courage is the most important of all the virtuesbecause, without courage, you can't practice any other virtue consistently.”“You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out..."Maya" was a nickname given to Marguerite Ann by her brother.After Angelou's rough childhood, she graduated from high school and gave birth to her son Guy a few weeks later.Angelou became a calypso singer and dancer near San Francisco.Angelou's literary talent was noticed by James O. Killens, the spiritual father of the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s. He encouraged her to join the Harlem Writers Guild.Maya Angelou speaking at a rally for Barack Obama, 2008Angelou and Hillary Clinton at an event in North Carolinain 2008Angelou at York College in February 2013(1928–2014). American poet, playwright, and performer Maya Angelou produced several autobiographies that explore themes of oppression. They especially examined the ways in which society treats people who are poor, Black, and female.
Marguerite Annie Johnson, más conocida como Maya Angelou (San Luis, Misuri; 4 de abril de 1928-Winston-Salem, Carolina del Norte; 28 de mayo de 2014), fue una escritora, poeta, cantante y activista por los derechos civiles estadounidense.
11 de ene. de 2022 · Nacida en Misuri en 1928 y fallecida en 2014, Angelou y su hermano Bailey fueron enviados de pequeños a vivir con su abuela en un pueblo de Arkansas.
3 de ene. de 2023 · Bedtime History. 31.7K subscribers. Subscribed. 244. 38K views 1 year ago. Learn about the famous author and poet who helped the Civil Rights Movement and changed the world with her inspiring words...
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Hace 6 días · Maya Angelou (born April 4, 1928, St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.—died May 28, 2014, Winston-Salem, North Carolina) was an American poet, memoirist, and actress whose several volumes of autobiography explore the themes of economic, racial, and sexual oppression.
