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Running head: MAYA ANGELOU 1
Maya Angelou
Kala Penn
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MAYA ANGELOU 2
Maya Angelou born Marguerite Johnson on April 4th 1928 in St. Louis, Missouri
was a an author, poet, historian, songwriter, playwright, dancer, stage and screen producer,
director, performer, singer, and civil rights activist. At the advance age of 86 year she died
on May 28th 2014 in North Carolina of heart problems.
Leaving behind her legacy and a body of important artistic work that
influenced several generations. She was praised by people who knew her personally as a
good hearted soul and a woman that pushed for education, equality and justice. Before
becoming an influential iconic poet, writer and civil rights activist who collaborated with
Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X during the Civil Rights movement she lived and
undergone hardships, but had not let it destroy her, she prevailed. Angelou’s most famous
work, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969), covers her childhood (Poetry Foundation,
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