Maya Angelou By dvdaly Apr 4, 1928 Born Maya Angelou was born April 4, 1928, in St. Louis, Missouri 1943 Birth of her first son, Guy Johnson 1944 Maya Angelou becomes the first black female streetcar conductor 1949 Maya Angelou marries Tosh Angelos 1952 Maya becomes a nightclub singer 1954 Maya tours with the opera group Porgy and Bess 1957 Maya records her first album Miss Calypso 1958 Maya joins the Harlem Writers Guild in NY 1969 Maya Angelou publishes I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings 1973 Maya marries Paul du Feu 2011 Maya wins the American Freedom award May 28, 2014 Death Maya Angelou died on May 28, 2014, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
