Maya angelou

background Born April 4 1928 Real name marguerite Annie Johnson st. Louis Missouri Parents divorced at 3 Moved to Arkansas with grandmother Brother start calling her Maya Molested at 7 by mothers boyfriend stop

talking for 5 years Gave birth to son guy 2 weeks after

graduating high school Married a Greek sailor in 1952

occupations

poet Novelist Educator Dramatist Producer Actress Historian Filmmaker Civil rights activist

work I know why the cadge bird sings Still I rise (poem) "Mother, a Cradle to Hold Me

(poem) Phenomenal Woman: Four Poems

for Women (poem) Poetic justice (wrote poems

/appeared) Madeas family reunion(appeared)

awards

presidential medal of arts in 2000 Lincoln medal in 2008 3 Grammy awards presidential medal of

freedom

quotes “A bird doesn't sing because it has an

answer, it sings because it has a song." — Maya Angelou

"If I am not good to myself, how can I expect anyone else to be good to me?" — Maya Angelou

 "When you know better you do better." — Maya Angelou