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Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou. By: Sara Clark. Biography. April 4 th 1928, St. Louis, as Marguerite Ann Johnson Parents were Bailey and Vivian Johnson Older brother, Bailey Jr., nicknamed her Maya from “ Mya sister” Parents divorced when she was three Went to live with grandmother in Stamps, Arkansas.

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Maya Angelou

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  1. Maya Angelou By: Sara Clark

  2. Biography • April 4th 1928, St. Louis, as Marguerite Ann Johnson • Parents were Bailey and Vivian Johnson • Older brother, Bailey Jr., nicknamed her Maya from “Mya sister” • Parents divorced when she was three • Went to live with grandmother in Stamps, Arkansas

  3. Cont. • Sexually abused and raped by mother’s boyfriend at 8 years old • She studied dance and drama at California Labor School • At 17, she gave birth to her son, Clyde • 1951, married Enistasious (Tosh) Angelos • Other than being a writer, she was also a singer, an actress, a producer and director of plays, movies, TV shows

  4. Works • Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'Fore I Die (1971) • Oh Pray My Wings are Gonna Fit Me Well (1975) • And Still I Rise (1978) • Shaker, Why Don't You Sing (1983) • Now Sheba Sings the Song (1987) • I Shall Not Be Moved (1990)

  5. Cont. • On The Pulse of the Morning (1993)  • The Complete Collected Poems of Maya Angelou (1994) • Phenomenal Women: Four Poems for Women (1995) • A Brave and Startling Truth (1995) • From a Black Woman to a Black Man (1995)

  6. Cont. • I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969): Up to 1944 (age 17) • Gather Together in My Name (1974): 1944–1948 • Singin’ and Swingin’ and Gettin’ Merry like Christmas (1976): 1949–1955 • The Heart of a Woman (1981): 1957–1962 • All God’s Children Need Traveling Shoes (1986): 1962–1965 • A Song Flung up to Heaven (2002): 1965–1968

  7. Themes & Influences • Birds trying to escape cages • Identity • Family • Travel 

  8. The Peckerwood Dentist and Momma’s Incredible Powers • Summary • Themes

  9. Sources • Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. Themes in Maya Angelou’s Autobiographies. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. 2012. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Themes_in_Maya_Angelou%27s_autobiographies>. • Maya Angelou: Global Renaissance Woman. Books. Penguin Creative. 2012. <http://mayaangelou.com/ books/>. • Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. Maya Angelou. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. 2012. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_Angelou>. • Robinson, Mary. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings: Notes. University of North Carolina: Greensboro. 2006. <http://byumsw.wikispaces.com/file/view/Cliffs_Notes_-_Angelou_I_know_why_the_caged_bird_sings.pdf >.

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