Maya Angelou

By cameronc13

  • Born (Marguerite Annie Johnson)

  • Moved to Arkansas

  • Period: to

    Falls silent due to physical abuse

  • Wins Dance and Drama study scholarship

  • Gives birth to son (Guy)

  • Begins dancing career as Maya Angelou

  • Meets Martin Luther King Jr.

  • Befriends Malcolm X

  • Publishes "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"

  • Writes the screenplay for "Georgia, Georgia"

  • Accepts professorship at Wake Forest Univeristy

  • Makes inaugural recitation for President Bill Clinton

  • Creates collection of products for Hallmark

  • Awarded presidential medal of freedom

  • She dies in Winston-Salem