... and numerous magazine articles earning her Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award nominations. At the request of President Clinton, she wrote and delivered a poem at his 1993 presidential inauguration. Dr. Angelou speaks French, Spanish, Italian and West African Fanti. She was Editor of " The Arab Observer, " the only English-language news weekly in the Middle East. In Ghana, she was feature ... editor of the African Review and taught and the University of Ghana. In the 1960's, at the request of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Ms. Angelou became the coordinator of the Southern Christian lea...

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• Grade Level: High School

... was nominated for the National Book Award. In her massive volumes of poetry are A Brave and Startling Truth (1995), The Complete Collected Poems of Maya Angelou (1994), Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now (1993), Now Sheba Sings the Song (1987), I Shall Not Be Moved (1990), Shaker, ... Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'fore I Diiie (1971), which was nominated for the Pulitzer prize. The first black woman director in Hollywood, Angelou has written, produced, directed, and starred in productions for stage, film, and television. In the 1950s she became a nightclub performer and began ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... April 4th 1928 in St. Louis, Missouri. Her birth name is Marguerite Johnson, and it wasn't until her early twenties that she was given the name Maya Angelou. Maya was born to Bailey, a naval dietician, and Vivian Johnson, a nurse. She also had a brother named Bailey, after their father. Maya and Bailey were ... state. " Mrs. Flowers she had the grace of control to appear warm in the coldest of weather she acted just as refined as the white folks," (Angelou, Caged Bird 76-78). Mrs. Flowers introduced the works of Shakespeare, Hawthorne, and other authors to Maya. Mrs. Flowers was able to ...

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... proper at all times. Soon Maya also realizes that Grandma Henderson and Mrs. Flowers have some form of equal respect for each other. Angelou again uses the stylistic element of personification when she personifies the world by the emphasis of having doubts about continuing to revolve. When the ... that Bailey will always be someone she can confide in. She learns that there is a special bond between siblings and it will always be there. Angelou again uses metaphors when she compares minister's voice to a pendulum. When Maya notices that the parishioners are transfixed on the preachers ev...

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• Grade Level: High School

... Missouri on April 4, 1928. (Biography.com) Although Maya is most commonly known for her work as a poet, she was also an author, playwright, stage and screen producer, director, and singer. (Angelou, 7). Throughout Maya's childhood, she moved back and forth, between her mother's house and her grandmother's house. In 1936, during a visit to her mother's house, her mother's boyfriend raped Maya. She ... the imagery, people would still get the point, but they wouldn't be able to tell how hard it was for Maya to live, and fight for African American rights. Maya Angelou is a very talented wom...

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• Grade Level: High School