Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou Maya Angelou was born April 4, 1928 in St. Louis,

Missouri. She was the daughter of Bailey and Vivian

Baxter Johnson, but they had a divorce later on. She

was raised in St. Louis and Stamps, Arkansas. Maya

Angelou is her alias. Her actual name is Marguerite

Ann Johnson. Maya isn’t the only child in her family.

She has one brother. Maya Angelou is full African-

American. Maya attended at San Francisco’s Labor

School. Maya was a fan of music, dance, and poetry

during her time at school. At the age of fourteen she

dropped out of high school just to work as a cable car

conductor. She was the very first woman that was a

cable car conductor. Later in her life she finished high

school. After her graduation in high school she had the

greatest gift of all, she gave birth to her baby boy. His

name was Guy Johnson. Maya needed money for

taking care of her child. Eventually she found a job.

For a while in her life she was working as a waitress

and cook, but later in life she pursued her dreams.

Maya Angelou Maya Angelou accomplishment to black history

was that she helped Malcolm X and Martin Luther

King Jr. to make black and white Americans live to

together in harmony. But both of her friends were

assassinated.

Maya Angelou 5 Quotes said by Maya Angelou:

1. nothing will work unless you do

2. Surviving is important, but thriving is elegant.

3. One isn’t necessarily born with courage, but one is

born with potential.

4. The honorary duty of a human being is to love.

5. There is no greater agony than bearing an untold

story inside you.

Maya Angelou I like to thank these sites for helping me in my black

history month project:

http://www.qotd.org/search/search.html?aid=4847&pa

ge=6

http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h3745.html

http://mayaangelou.com/bio/

http://www.uncp.edu/home/canada/work/canam/angel

ou.htm

http://www.maya-angelou.net/childhood.html

http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/ang0bio-1

Maya Angelou The End