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maya angelou's was born
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at age 14 she dropped out of school to become the first afercian american cable car aproator
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In 1954 and 1955, Dr. Angelou toured Europe with a production of the opera Porgy and Bess.
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toured Europe with a production of the opera Porgy and Bess.
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in 1957, recorded her first album, Calypso Lady.
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In 1958, she moved to New York, where she joined the Harlem Writers Guild, acted in the historic Off-Broadway production of Jean Genet's The Blacks and wrote and performed Cabaret for Freedom.
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Developed her skills in writing poetry and moved to New York, where she joined the Harlem Writers Guild
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Became involved with Civil Rights Activists
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In 1960, Dr. Angelou moved to Cairo, Egypt where she served as editor of the English language weekly The Arab Observer.
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she moved to Ghana where she taught at the University of Ghana's School of Music and Drama, worked as feature editor for The African Review and wrote for The Ghanaian Times.
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in 1964, returned to America to help malcom X build his new Organization of African American Unity.
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Shortly after her arrival in the United States, Malcolm X was assassinated, and the organization dissolved
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MLK Jr was assassinate on Maya Angelous birthday
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in 1970, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings was published to international acclaim and enormous popular success.
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Dr. Angelou wrote the screenplay and composed the score for the 1972 film Georgia, Georgia. Her script, the first by an African American woman ever to be filmed, was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize.
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President Clinton requested that she compose a poem to read at his inauguration in 1993.
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In 1996, she directed her first feature film, Down in the Delta
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was awarded the Presidential Medal of Arts in 2000
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In 2008, she composed poetry for and narrated the award-winning documentary The Black Candle, directed by M.K. Asante.
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was awarded the Presidential Medal of Arts in 2000, the Lincoln Medal in 2008, and has received 3 Grammy Awards.