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Maya Angelou

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

MAYA ANGELOU

BY: DANIELLE P.
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  • Born April 4,1928.
  • Born in St.Louis,Missouri.
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Her parents divorced when she was 3. She and her brother went to live their grandmother in Stamps, Arkansas. When she was 8, she was raped by her mother's boyfriend.

She went to George Washington High School & California Labor School.

POEMS/NOVELS/SHORT STORIES

  • Caged Bird
  • Still I Rise
  • Phenomenal Woman
  • I Shall Not Be Moved
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AWARDS

  • Langston Hughes Medal
  • Women in Film Crystal Award
  • Spingarn Medal
  • NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work, nonfiction

PERSONAL REFLECTION

  • She wrote most of her stories about her life.
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