Maya angelou

background  Born April  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 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 AngelouMaya Angelou  "If I am not good to myself, how can I expect anyone else to be good to me?" — Maya AngelouMaya Angelou  "When you know better you do better." — Maya AngelouMaya Angelou