Maya Angelou By mebutler Apr 4, 1928 Marguerite Johnson Born in Saint Louis, MO 1944 Becomes the 1st Black Female Cable Car Conductor 1945 Gives birth to Son Clyde Guy Johnson 1951 Maya married Tosh Angelos 1954 1st Marriage ends 1957 Maya Records 1st Album "Miss Calypso" 1959 Joins the Harlem Writer's Guild 1960 MLK requests Angelou to become Coordinator of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference 1961 Moves to Cairo with Vusumzi Make and Son 1961 Moves to Ghana so Guy could attend College 1970 Published I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1971 Nominated for a Pulitzer Prize 1974 Published Gather Together in my Name 1977 Pres. Jimmy Cart Appoints Angelou to The National Commission on the Observance of International Women's Year 1982 Named Reynolds Professor of American Studies at Wake Forest University 1993 Recited her poem at Presidential Inauguration 2006 Received Mother Teresa Award 2009 Letter to my Daughter is Published 2011 Received the Presidential Medal of Freedom May 28, 2014 Death