... influential American poet, she is most known for her seven autobiographies. Angelou was active in the civil rights movement and worked side by side with Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X. Throughout her career Angelou has received dozens of medals and honorary degrees from various organizations and universities all over the country. Maya Angelou has been an influential person throughout her ... the sixties she was heavily involved in the civil rights movement and began to form organizations with Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr.; both men were assassinated before the groups offi...

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... many different languages, including, French, Spanish, Italian, Arabic and the West African language Fanti. While she was studying in Ghana she met with Malcolm X and from there on she helped him build his organization. When she came back from Ghana to the U.S, Malcolm X was assassinated and the organization she was helping him build faded away. Not only did she meet and helped ... Malcolm X, but she became the Northern Coordinator for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Dr. Martin Luther King asked her to serve for this conference. Dr ... work has been identified as autobiogr...

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... only place for a black writer to be in the 1950's and 1960's. It was the time of the Civil Right Movement in America. (King, 1994) Maya Angelou wrote her first autobiography I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, a memoir of her childhood and young adult period, in 1969, toward the end of the Civil Right Movement. For the first time in history ... , and putting on shows, such as Cabaret for Freedom to strive for equality among the nation. She was proud to be introduced to entertainers, actors, singers and activists such as Malcolm X and Dr. Martin Luther King. (King, 1994) Most of Maya Angelou...

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