Maya Angelou Timeline

By delaney.klee

  • Maya Angelou is Born

  • Recorded her Album: "Calypso Lady"

  • Maya Angelou becomes the northern coordinator for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (at request of MLK)

  • Maya moves to Africa.

  • Maya moves back to America to help Malcom X build Organization of African American Unity.

  • "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" is published.

  • Maya Angelou receives Pulitzer Prize nomination for "Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'For I Die."

  • "Gather Together in My Name" is published.

  • "The Heart of a Woman" is published.

  • "A Song Flung Up to Heaven" is published.

  • Maya Angelou was awarded the Mother Theresa Award.

  • Maya Angelou is awarded the presidential medal of freedom.

  • Maya Angelou Dies