... Angelou is the ultimate Renaissance woman and is one of the great voices of contemporary literature (mayaangelou.com). She is also one of the most influential African-Americans in American history. Through my research and readings about Maya I have come to the conclusion that she is an American genius. Maya has ... best they could. During the time that Maya was growing up, America was just recovering from the Great Depression and it was also a time when African Americans were oppressed. Despite the odds of growing up in such a time period, Maya's grandmother was able to instill pride in ...

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... Award for her acting in Roots and Georgia. She is fluent in French, Spanish, Italian, and West African Fanti. Ms. Angelou began her career in drama and dance, and she married a South African freedom fighter and lived in Cairo. During her five years in Africa, she lived in Egypt and became ... the editor of The Arab Observer, the only English-language news weekly in the Middle East. Later she taught in Ghana and was feature editor of The African ... open in its focus on such universal issues as romantic love lost, friendship, betrayal, and loyalty. Ultimately her work is about survival, ...

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... messages. As with documentary photographs, both the creator and the intended audience of the material must be considered when interpreting the significance of a particular image. Most popular images of African-American women were originally created by Anglo-Americans and intended for a white audience with buying power, which was largely female. Throughout the 20th century, the cross section of both ... creators and audiences of popular images have changed and the business of commercial imagery itself has become a more sophisticated craft to the extent that contemporary stereotypes of Afr...

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... 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 ... a decorated author. She has been nominated for two Emmy awards and has won a Pulitzer Prize. She is also a highly cultured person. She can speak English, French, Spanish, Italian, and West Afric...

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• Grade Level: High School