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Maya Angelou was born in St. Louis, Missouri
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When maya's parents marriage ended, Maya and her brother were sent to live with her father's mother, Mrs. Annie Henderson, in Stamps, Arkansas
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Angelou dropped out of school to become San Francisco's first African-American female car conductor.
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Angelou toured Europe with a production of the opera "Porgy and Bess."
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Recorded the album called Calypso Lady
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Developed her skills in writing poetry and moved to New York, where she joined the Harlem Writers Guild
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Became involved with Civil Rights Activists and At the request of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Maya Angelou became the northern coordinator for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
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Malcolm X is assassinated and Maya began working on her Autobiographical book 'I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is published
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Maya Angelou married Paul du Feu and moved with him and her son to Sonoma, California. She then worked on her writing and acting
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Published Gather Together in My Name
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Receives the Golden Eagle Award, Afro-American in the Arts
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Published The Heart of a Woman
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Won Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word or Non-Musical Album for "Phenomenal Woman"
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Directed her first feature film, Down in the Delta
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Awarded the Presidential Medal of arts.
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Won Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album with "A Song Flung Up To Heaven"
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Receives Mother Teresa Award and Maya Angelou became a radio talk show host for the first time hosting a weekly show for XM Satellite Radio's Oprah & Friends channel
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Becomes the first recipient of Hope for Peace and Justice Voice of Peace award
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Received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Obama at the White House
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Angelou sent her last tweet "Listen to yourself and in that quietude you might hear the voice of God"
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Maya Angelou passed away in her home in Winston Salem.
