I was your average African-American little girl that didn 't know what her place was in life, pondering daily, what would I be doing in life in a few years? Growing up, I slowly had to realize who I was and learn to accept it. I wasn 't going to change so either I could be proud and confident or shut down and tear myself apart. Unfortunately later on in life I would slowly discover that I didn 't need to tear myself apart because there were several people out there that would do it without question for me. I learned a lot for being such a young child, not many of these lessons are learned in a child 's life because a majority of events that took place throughout my life were so intense. I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to
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Bill Clinton was just sworn in as the president and it was an extremely important read for me. I read my poem, "On the Pulse of Morning." In this poem I explain how everyone can come together, regardless of who they are and their race, it goes through the history of America (Brian). That was something extremely memorable in my life, along with all my writing pieces, I wrote 6 autobiographies and as far as "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" it is taught in many schools in several different areas. It has been controversial but it is all truth and needs to be shared. My writing style in my fiction pieces consist of dialogue and plot it is helpful because it shows true meaning but at the same time leaves mystery and truth throughout my writing (official Maya Angelou Website). My life helped me write my novels and poems. I knew Nelson Mandela, I joined with Malcolm X, I marched with Gloria Steinem, and I also personally figured out marriage equality, I was well educated on all these examples only because of what I went through in my life! One of my largest accomplishments would have to be in 2010, when I received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from president Obama, this was the highest civilian award one could receive (Nichols
Bill Clinton was just sworn in as the president and it was an extremely important read for me. I read my poem, "On the Pulse of Morning." In this poem I explain how everyone can come together, regardless of who they are and their race, it goes through the history of America (Brian). That was something extremely memorable in my life, along with all my writing pieces, I wrote 6 autobiographies and as far as "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" it is taught in many schools in several different areas. It has been controversial but it is all truth and needs to be shared. My writing style in my fiction pieces consist of dialogue and plot it is helpful because it shows true meaning but at the same time leaves mystery and truth throughout my writing (official Maya Angelou Website). My life helped me write my novels and poems. I knew Nelson Mandela, I joined with Malcolm X, I marched with Gloria Steinem, and I also personally figured out marriage equality, I was well educated on all these examples only because of what I went through in my life! One of my largest accomplishments would have to be in 2010, when I received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from president Obama, this was the highest civilian award one could receive (Nichols