Maya Angelou By kianshinaver Apr 4, 1928 Maya Angelou is born. 1931 Angelou is sent to Stamps, Arkansas. 1952 Angelou marries Tosh Angelos. 1957 Angelou releases the album Miss Calypso. 1958 Angelou moves to New York. 1959 Martin Luther King Jr. requests that Angelou becomes the northern coordinator for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. 1970 Angelou receives the Chubb Fellowship award from Yale University. 1970 "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" is published. 1981 "The Heart of a Woman" is published. 1991 Angelou receives Langston Hughes Medal. 1996 Angelou receives the Mother Teresa Award. May 28, 2014 Maya Angelou dies.