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Maya Angelou was born in St. Louis, Missouri on April 4, 1928. She was given the name Marguerite Johnson.
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Maya and Bailey are picked up by their dad and are brought to St. Louis to live with their mother.
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Maya became the first African American Conductor in San Francisco.
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Maya gave birth to her first child Clyde "Guy" Johnson. This occurred not long after she graduated high school.
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Maya married Tosh Angelos.
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Maya traveled around Europe for her opera "Porgy and Bess".
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Maya recorded her first Album "Miss Calypso".
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Maya Angelou published I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.
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Maya wrote the script for the movie Georgia, Georgia. She was considered to be the first African American women to have a movie filmed.
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Maya married Paul de Feu and moved to Sonoma, California.
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Maya Angelou attended the inauguration of Bill Clinton. She also read her poem "On the Pulse".
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Maya Angelou died, having heart problems at the age of 86.
