MAYA ANGELOU

BIRTH DATE & HOMETOWN:

• Born on April 4, 1928
• St.Louis, Missouri

CHILDHOOD:

• When Angelou was young, her parent's split up & she lived with her father's mother with her brother Bailey.
• At the age of seven, Angelou experienced first hand racial prejudices.
• During a visit with her mother, Angelou's mother's boyfriend raped her. In 1944, 16 year Angelou gave both to a son

EDUCATION:

• Angelou held position at the University of Ghana,
• And went to the California labor school.

LITERACY CONTRIBUTIONS:

• I know why the caged bird sings.
• Down in delta
• Wouldn't take nothing for my journey.
• Phenomenal women.

AWARD:

• 1961, Angelou won a Grammy audience. In 1998 audience choice award.

PERSONAL REFLECTION:

• When she wrote the phenomenal women it's basically about not letting men I power you and she been through the fact that she let men I power her.