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Maya Angelou was born in St.Louis Missouri. -
She moved to Stamps, Arkansas at age three because of her parent's divorce. -
At age 8 she was raped. Mr. Freeman (her mother's boyfriend) was found guilty of raping her. After he was released from jail he was found dead. Maya, after thinking her voice killed him, took a vow of silence for 6 years.
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When she was 16, she had her son. He is named Guy Johnson. His dad was a short-lived high school relationship. -
She married Enistasious Tosh Angelos. -
She accepted the position of Northern coordinator for the New York office of the Southern Christian leadership conference, where she met Martin Lurther King Jr. -
She went to Africa to speak out about civil rights. She found work at a small radical newspaper -
She met and befriended Malcolm X in Ghana. -
This novel is about her life from the age 3-16. It is dedicated to her son. This was also her first novel. -
Her first poetry book was titled "Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'fore I Diiie." -
She married Paul Du Feu -
She became the second poet to read her own poem at a presidential inauguration. She read "On the Pulse of Morning" at Clinton's inauguration. -
She died at 86