... 1928 in St Louis, Missouri. She's an acclaimed author, poet, novelist, producer, professor and civil rights activist. She's especially well known for her string of powerful autobiographies depicting the rich yet tumultuous journey of her life. Some call Maya Angelou a global renaissance woman, and she ... is certainly one of the most influential women of the 20th century. Maya's father, Bailey Johnson was a navy dietitian and her mother, Vivian Baxter was a nurse. When Maya was three, her parents divorced and in during ... told his name. And then I thought I would never speak again, beca...

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