Becomes San Francisco’s first African-American female car conductor.
Gives birth to Guy Johnson
Tours Europe with a production of the opera "Porgy and Bess."
Records her first album, Miss Calypso
Becomes Northern Coordinator of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference
The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) is an American civil rights organization. SCLC was closely associated with its first president, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The SCLC had a large role in the American Civil Rights Movement.
Publishes I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings
Georgia, Georgia first script by an African American woman to be filmed
Receives Pulitzer Prize Nomination
Appears in the television adaptation of Alex Haley’s "Roots."
Joins the faculty at Wake Forest University as a Professor of American Studies.
Recites On the Pulse of Morning at the inauguration of President Bill Clinton
Wins Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Or Non-Musical Album for “On the Pulse of Morning.”
Wins Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Or Non-Musical Album for “Phenomenal Woman.”
Directs her first feature film, Down in the Delta.
Awarded the Presidential Medal of arts.
Wins Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album with “A Song Flung Up To Heaven.”
Composes poetry for and narrates the award-winning documentary The Black Candle, directed by M.K. Asante. Also awarded the Lincoln Medal.
Receives the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Barack Obama at the White House.
Maya Angelou passes away in her Winston Salem home.
