I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Maya Angelou It all started April 4, 1928 a woman named Margueritte Ann Johnson was born. Since her birth in St. Louis,Mo spending time around the world she has made our modern years better ! Striving through hard times as she was known for. Inspiring as she went through such a hard childhood, the racism, but she still was successful and accomplished a lot of things. She was also strong and powerful because she didnt live a fun and happy childhood and her words was very powerful into what she…

Maya Angelou was born on April 4, 1928 as Marguerite Annie Johnson in St. Louis, Missouri. She was the second child of Bailey Johnson and Vivian Baxter. At the age of three her parents marriage ended and she and her older brother Bailey ( who was 5 at the time ) was sent to live with their father’s mother, Annie Henderson in Stamps,Arkansas. Angelou’s grandmother Annie was the child of freed slaves and also became the leader of the black community in Stamps. She was the owner of the only…

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…

because of how you look? Have you ever been labeled because of something that happened to you? Have people ever judged you for something that is completely out of your control? If so, then you’ll understand exactly how Marguerite feels in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou. This book is an autobiographical narrative of Maya Angelou’s life with herself as the main character. Other important characters include her older brother Bailey, her grandmother, whom she calls Momma, and Uncle…

Literature has the power to let one voice be heard, or rather read, by the masses allowing for a message to be passed out to the audience. Maya Angelou’s autobiography, “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” does exactly this, she highlights her experiences to protest racism to her audience. Throughout the text, the reader learns about Maya’s struggles as a black woman coming of age in a world of racism and sexism. Together these forces develop and reinforce her character and racial identity, but…

actor, friend, and Civil Rights activist, Maya Angelou was a prominent and undoubtedly successful figure throughout the second half of the twentieth century. With many successes throughout her lifetime, Angelou is known for her poem I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings as well as her contributions to the Civil Rights movement. However, many events and people contributed to Angelou’s works and art style. Commonly labeled as a “Renaissance Woman,” Maya Angelou conquered and achieved much in literature…

Nobel Prize winning, female, African-American writers? Maya Angelou astounded everyone with her amazing poems and stories. Without any writing experience, whatsoever, she became one of the best-known authors of her time. Her first story, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, a story about her struggles through childhood was a best seller. Despite a tough childhood, Maya Angelou persevered, and became one of the most inspiring and influential writers of her time, receiving many awards…

Maya Angelou is a very important person in our history. She was known for her famous poems, awards, accomplishments, and books.She was known for her book called I know why the caged bird sings. She was an author, civil rights activist, poet, writer, and directed. Maya Angelou has gotten many awards. She won three grammys. She got awards of best spoken word, Presidential Medal of Freedom, and National Medal of Arts. She also recited her poem “On the Pulse of the Morning” at Bill…

This Nonnormative event is chronicled in her autobiography, I know why the caged bird sings. She was fortunate in that her paternal grandmother, who raised her was a shop owner and had the means, while meager to support her and her beloved brother Bailey. Momma Johnson instilled in her good work ethics and a belief in God and…

What is your Cage? What keeps you back from freedom? Maya Angelou wrote an amazing and entertaining autobiography titled I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings, about her hard life growing up as a black girl from the South. Among the hardships are things known as "cages" as stated as a metaphor from Paul Dunbar's poem "Sympathy." "Cages" are things that keep people from succeeding in life and being everything they want to be. Some of Maya Angelou’s cages include being black in the 1940's and her…