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Maya Angelou parents split up so she had to go live with her grandparents in Stamps, Arkansas
Maya Angelou was born in St. Louis, Missiour -
Maya Angelou was raped by her mother boyfriend
Early Years -
What Maya love to do?
As a teenager, Maya love the arts, which won her a scholarship to study dance and drama at San Francisco’s Labor School. Maya and I are both creative, because I play the violin and she loves to dance. -
Cable Car Conductour
Maya Angelou became the first black female cable car conductor -
In the mid-1950s Maya landed a role on Porgy and Bess
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Maya moved to Ghana working as an editor and a freelance writer.
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Northern Coordinator
Dr. King, asked Angelou to serve as Northern Coordinator for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. -
What is Maya Angelou famous for?
Maya Angelou is known for her 1969 book, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, which made literary history as the first nonfiction best-seller by an African-American woman. -
Maya recited one of her poems at President Bill Clinton's 1993 inaugural ceremony
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Dr. Angelou has served on two presidential committees
