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Maya angelou
Marguerite Ann Johnson born in St.Louis ,Missouri she was born to Vivian Baxter Johnson and Bailey Johnson -
Her parents
Her parents ended there marriage Maya and her brother left to go live with there mother husbands mom(Annie Johnson Henderson) for a while in Stamps,Arkansas -
moving
Maya angelou and her brother are moving back to St. louis , Missouri live with back with mom. -
maya was Raped
Maya was raped and abused by her mother's boyfriend Mr. Freeman sent back t again to the Grandma. At age seven she refused to speak for five years. -
Going to San Fransico
She went to San Fransico to live with her mom Mayaa attended George Washington highschool studied dance and drama on a scholarship at California Labor school -
Mayaa speaking again
Ms. Bertha Flowers helped Maya talk again and encouraged her to have interest in literature -
dropping out of school
The same year she dropped out of highschool to become San Fransico's first black afrcan american to become a female cable car conductor -
raising a child
She went back to school to finish and became pregnant and graduated a few weeks before she went in labor. She left home to raise her son Guy she started working as a waitress and cook. -
marriage
Maya married a man name Tosh Angelos but i quickly failed and the same year she began her career at a nightclub singer duringthis time she took tthe name Maya Angelou -
touring
Toured in a production of Progy and Bess -
starting poetry
she started to write poetry moved to New york where she joined Harlem writers guild. -
joining civil activists
Involved with civil rights activists -
married again
Maya Angelou married Paul du Feu and moved with him and her son to Sonoma, California. She then worked on her writing and acting -
divorce
she divorced paul du feu -
first meeting oprah
met Oprah Winfrey and became friends and her mentor -
bill clinton inaugration
Performed the poemOn the Pulse of Morning at former president Bill Clinton inaugration.
