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Maya Angelou. Alison Sackerson. By:. &. Kahlei Benevedes. Accomplishments. She won Grammy Awards for the spoken word for the years 1993, 1995 and 2002. During the 1960s she spent five years in Africa, working as a journalist and a teacher.

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  1. Maya Angelou Alison Sackerson By: & Kahlei Benevedes

  2. Accomplishments • She won Grammy Awards for the spoken word for the years 1993, 1995 and 2002. • During the 1960s she spent five years in Africa, working as a journalist and a teacher. • Angelou has done teaching, writing, acting, producing, and recording. • Dr. Maya Angelou is a Renaissance woman who is one of the great voices of literature. • She was a poet, educator, historian, best-selling author, actress, playwright, civil-rights  activist, producer and director. • She travels the world, spreading her wisdom. •  Within the rhythm of her poetry and elegance lies Angelou's unique power to help readers of every race. • Angelou captivates audiences through the beauty of her words and lyrics. • Maya Angelou has given us such best-selling titles as I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings http://www.answers.com/topic/maya-angelou

  3. Brief Bio 1928-Maya Angelou was Born Marguerite Johnson on April 4 in St. Louis, Missouri. 1931 Parents divorce. Sent with her brother, Bailey, to Stamps, Arkansas to live with their grandmother. 1935 Moves to Chicago with Bailey to live with their mother. 1944 Drops out of high school and works as the first Black cable car conductor in San Francisco. 1945 Becomes a single mom with birth of her son, Guy 1952 Marries Tosh Angelos *Still living

  4. Timeline • 1928-Maya Angelou was Born Marguerite Johnson on April 4 in St. Louis, Missouri. • 1931 Parents divorce. Sent with her brother, Bailey, to Stamps, Arkansas to live with their grandmother. • 1935 Moves to Chicago with Bailey to live with their mother. • 1936 Traumatized by a sexual assault by her Mother’s boyfriend when she is only eight. The man who assaults her is murdered. Refuses to speak to anyone but her brother. Sent back with Bailey to live with their grandmother in Stamps, Arkansas. • 1939  Begins speaking after four years of silence because of the incident. • 1940  Moves to San Francisco with Bailey to live with their mother. • 1944 Drops out of high school and works as the first Black cable car conductor in San Francisco. • http://www.nwhp.org/tlp/biographies/angelou/angelou_bio.html

  5. Timeline Continued….. • 1945 Becomes a single mom with birth of her son, Guy 1952 Marries Tosh Angelos • 1953 Performs at the Purple Onion nightclub in San Francisco and adopts the stage name Maya Angelou (Maya is what her brother called her in childhood, and Angelou was a corruption of her married name). • 1954-55 Tours internationally in the chorus with the Everyman's Opera Company production of Porgy and Bess • 1959 Writes lyrics, which turn into poetry and short stories and her singing career blossoms Moves to Brooklyn, New York, to join the Harlem Writers Guild.

  6. Maya AngelouQuotes How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes! • A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song. • The honorary duty of a human being is to love. • Alone, all aloneNobody, but nobodyCan make it out here alone. If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. Don't complain http://womenshistory.about.com/cs/quotes/a/qu_maya_angelou.htm

  7. Maya Angelou Video

  8. Information Sources http://www.answers.com/topic/maya-angelou http://www.nwhp.org/tlp/biographies/angelou/angelou_bio.html http://womenshistory.about.com/cs/quotes/a/qu_maya_angelou.htm www.Google. COM www.Unitedstreaming.com

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