... was an unwed mother at 16 years old (Williams 1). In spite of her tragic childhood, she still managed to become one of the greatest black poets of the twentieth century (Williams 1).Angelou is a poet, an author, a historian, an actress, a playwright, a civil-rights activist, a producer, and a director. Ms. Angelou began her career in drama and dance, and she married a South African freedom fighter ... and lived in Cairo. Later she also taught in Ghana. In the 1960's she said that being black, female, non-Muslim, non-Arab, six foot tall, and American ... attention. Maya Angelou has surv...

• Word Count: 1089
• Approx Pages: 4
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• Grade Level: High School

... was an unwed mother at 16 years old (Williams 1). In spite of her tragic childhood, she still managed to become one of the greatest black poets of the twentieth century (Williams 1).Angelou is a poet, an author, a historian, an actress, a playwright, a civil-rights activist, a producer, and a director. Ms. Angelou began her career in drama and dance, and she married a South African freedom fighter ... and lived in Cairo. Later she also taught in Ghana. In the 1960's she said that being black, female, non-Muslim, non-Arab, six foot tall, and American ... attention. Maya Angelou has surv...

• Word Count: 1089
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

... was an unwed mother at 16 years old (Williams 1). In spite of her tragic childhood, she still managed to become one of the greatest black poets of the twentieth century (Williams 1). Angelou is a poet, an author, a historian, an actress, a playwright, a civil-rights activist, a producer, and a director. Ms. Angelou began her career in drama and dance, and she married a South African freedom fighter ... and lived in Cairo. Later she also taught in Ghana. In the 1960's she said that being black, female, non-Muslim, non-Arab, six foot tall, and American ... attention. Maya Angelou has sur...

• Word Count: 1300
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... was an unwed mother at 16 years old (Williams 1). In spite of her tragic childhood, she still managed to become one of the greatest black poets of the twentieth century (Williams 1). Angelou is a poet, an author, a historian, an actress, a playwright, a civil-rights activist, a producer, and a director. Maya Angelou began her career in drama and dance. She married a South African freedom fighter and ... lived in Cairo. Later she also taught in Ghana. In the 1960's she said that being black, female, non-Muslim, non-Arab, six foot tall, and American made ... attention. Maya Angelou has s...

• Word Count: 878
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Maya the poet, the author, the play-write, actress, mother, civil rights activist, historian, director, producer; Maya the Genius. Maya Angelou is the ultimate Renaissance woman and is one of the great voices of contemporary literature (mayaangelou.com). She ... to her son Guy Bailey Johnson. Throughout my research on Maya, I found many dates and time periods to be conflicting. It was sometime around 1945 that Maya became the first black female conductor for the San Francisco streetcars. Maya had many jobs while living in San Francisco. She was a Creole cook, a tap dancer, and did odd-jobs t...

• Word Count: 1253
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School