Maya Angelou was a well known poet and civil rights activist. People thought very highly of her because of how well she wrote she wrote her poems and books. She worked as a storyteller, autobiographer, activist and poet. Out of all of her careers, was most famous for her writing (Maya Angelou).
Maya Angelou was born in St. Louis, Missouri on April 4, 1928. She was also a dancer, an actress, and a screenwriter. Her name given at birth was Marguerite Johnson (Maya Angelou Author, Activist, Civil Rights Activist, Poet(1928–2014))
She went through a great amount of abuse throughout her life. When she was about seven years old, she went to visit her mother, Vivian Baxter, and was raped by her mother's boyfriend. After the incident, her uncle's …show more content…
For the first 8 months, she hadn’t told anyone except her brother. It wasn’t until three weeks until she was suposed to have the baby when she finally told her mother. At the age of 16, she gave birth to her son, Guy (Mom & Me & Mom 66-
69). After having Guy, she decided that she should get a home for the two of them. Once she got a job, they moved away from her mother to San Francisco (Mom & Me & Mom 72-77).
Maya Angelou had many memorable traits. Many of her traits were developed when she was living with her mother. She never lied unless she found that she really needed to. Her choice to not lie earned her respect and trust from her mother and other adults in her life. She was granted access into her mother's closet which was where she put all her money and liquor (Me & Mom & Mom 36)
Growing up, she had many people to influence her and help make her the way she was. After moving to her mother’s house with her brother in California, she had her mother and the people her mother lived with, she had many people to help influence her. When she finally told her mother about her pregnancy, her mother reacted differently than she had thought she …show more content…
She enjoyed dancing and acting. During the 1950s, she started working as a performer. She played a character in Porgy and Bess, her life as a performer soon grew (Maya Angelou Author, Activist, Civil Rights Activist, Poet(1928–2014)). She wrote and produced multiple productions and became the first black women to become a director in Hollywood. She wrote the film Georgia in 1971. She wrote many poems and books for people telling about her life. After her book, I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings, she became the first black woman who was capable of discussing her personal life to the public (Biography of Maya Angelou). The most famous of all of her autobiographies is I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings. She ended up writing six autobiographies about herself (Maya Angelou). She also made many poems such
Maya Angelou was born in St. Louis, Missouri on April 4, 1928. She was also a dancer, an actress, and a screenwriter. Her name given at birth was Marguerite Johnson (Maya Angelou Author, Activist, Civil Rights Activist, Poet(1928–2014))
She went through a great amount of abuse throughout her life. When she was about seven years old, she went to visit her mother, Vivian Baxter, and was raped by her mother's boyfriend. After the incident, her uncle's …show more content…
For the first 8 months, she hadn’t told anyone except her brother. It wasn’t until three weeks until she was suposed to have the baby when she finally told her mother. At the age of 16, she gave birth to her son, Guy (Mom & Me & Mom 66-
69). After having Guy, she decided that she should get a home for the two of them. Once she got a job, they moved away from her mother to San Francisco (Mom & Me & Mom 72-77).
Maya Angelou had many memorable traits. Many of her traits were developed when she was living with her mother. She never lied unless she found that she really needed to. Her choice to not lie earned her respect and trust from her mother and other adults in her life. She was granted access into her mother's closet which was where she put all her money and liquor (Me & Mom & Mom 36)
Growing up, she had many people to influence her and help make her the way she was. After moving to her mother’s house with her brother in California, she had her mother and the people her mother lived with, she had many people to help influence her. When she finally told her mother about her pregnancy, her mother reacted differently than she had thought she …show more content…
She enjoyed dancing and acting. During the 1950s, she started working as a performer. She played a character in Porgy and Bess, her life as a performer soon grew (Maya Angelou Author, Activist, Civil Rights Activist, Poet(1928–2014)). She wrote and produced multiple productions and became the first black women to become a director in Hollywood. She wrote the film Georgia in 1971. She wrote many poems and books for people telling about her life. After her book, I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings, she became the first black woman who was capable of discussing her personal life to the public (Biography of Maya Angelou). The most famous of all of her autobiographies is I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings. She ended up writing six autobiographies about herself (Maya Angelou). She also made many poems such