Maya Angelou
Category: Other
Updated: 28 Nov 2017
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Created byLily Charpentier
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Became the first African American female cable car conductor.Became a nightclub singer and took on the name Maya Angelou.Moved to New YorkBecame the northern coordinator for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.Became a single mother and graduated high school.Moved to Cairo, then Ghana.Returned to America"I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" is publishedGeorgia, Georgia, the first script by an African American woman is filmedPulitzer Prize nominationAwarded the Presidential Medal of FreedomDiesBorn Marguerite Johnson on April 4, 1928
In St. Louis, MissouriSent to live in Stamps, Arkansas with
her grandmother when her parent's marriage endedReturned to St. LouisRaped by her mother's boyfriend.
She becomes mute from the shock.
Moves back to Stamps.Learns to talk again with the help of her teacher, Mrs. Flowers.
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