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Maya Angelou is a show name her real name is Marguerite Annie Johnson. Johnson was born in St. Louis, Missouri. Three years later her mother and father divorced.
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Angelou was molested when she was 8 years old by her mothers boyfriend. She told only her brother and later her molester was killed by her uncle. Angelou felt responsible for it and didn't speak again until she was 13.
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A few weeks after graduating high school Angelou had a child and named them Guy. She then left home shortly after. She did not marry for years after.
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Angelou began a two year tour of Europe with an opera company following her dreams of participating in arts like singing and dancing.
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Angelou's first studio album
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Angelou married a South African man named Vusumzi Make and moved to Cairo, Egypt where she became an editor for "The Arab Observer". They moved to Ghana later and Angelou became an editor for "The African Review" and wrote for "The Ghanaian Times".
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This is her most famous book of poetry and contained some of her most personal stories about her life like how she was molested when she was young. This is Angelou's most critically acclaimed book.
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American president Bill Clinton made Angelou compose and read a poem at his presidential inauguration. Angelou read the poem "On The Pulse Of The Morning".
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President Barack Obama awarded the highest civilian honor to Angelou the Presidential Medal Of Freedom.
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Maya Angelou died after 86 years of life.