Maya Angelou

Maciel ENG 001A Prof. Sudderth Maya Angelou’s “Graduation” is a short story describing Maya Angelou’s high school graduation from her own point of view. In this story Maya does an exceptional job in making the reader feel the same emotions that she felt during this major event in her life. The way Angelou describes her surroundings and the emotions felt during the event makes the reader feel as if they were right next to Maya watching her class graduate. Angelou sets a sense of importance…

Maya Angelou is a role model to me because she was an American author, poet, and civil rights activist. At the age of eight, while living with her mother, Angelou was sexually abused and raped by her mother's boyfriend, a man named Freeman. Eventually Freeman was found guilty but was jailed for only one day. Four days after his release, he was murdered, probably by Angelou's uncles. Angelou became mute for almost five years, it was during this period of silence when Angelou developed her…

Introduction: Maya Angelou is one of the most renowned influential voices of time. She has over 50 honorary doctorate degrees and became a celebrated poet, memoirist, educator and civil rights activist. Poets Life: Maya Angelou was born on April 4th, 1928 in St. Louis, Missouri. She was born by the name Marguerite Johnson, and throughout her life, she as raised in St. Lousies and stamps Arkansas. Maya Angelou was an African-American, who was very multi-talented as she was an author,…

Maya Angelou was an inspiring person to many people. Maya was a poet, a writer, and many other things. Maya is known for her poems, books and life. Maya Angelou, birth name, Marguerite Annie Johnson was born on the 4th of April in 1928. Maya was her childhood name. Maya was born in St Louis, Missouri and her parents were Vivian Johnson and Bailey Johnson. Maya’s parents were divorced when Maya was three. Maya’s brother is Bailey Johnson Jr. and he gave Maya her nickname. Maya lived with her…

Prologue Maya Angelou was a “phenomenal woman”. In fact, that is one of the titles of her poems. She has been awarded many awards that she deserves. She was a poet, playwright, singer, dancer, and actress. She has helped our world today in so many ways. She was also a civil rights activist. She has told our world what we are, and have been though her poems and books. Awe owe Maya Angelou a big thank you. The Little girl who Always wrote Marguerite Ann Johnson, also known as Maya Angelou…

Maya Angelou is one of the most famous African-American women figures. Many well known writers and people inspired Angelou to write some of her most famous pieces of work, also inspired her to get involved in the civil rights movement. Angelou has many famous works, however she is very well-known for: I know why the Caged Bird Sings. In that autobiography, Angelou pours out the first seventeen years of her life, then writes about her years following in another. Maya Angelou is a well known…

Maya Angelou was born Marguerite Annie Johnson on April 4, 1928. Maya grew up in St. Louis and Stamps, Arkansas. Maya Angelou is a female that is a black American American that liked to experience. At a very young age Maya parents had split up. At the age of 7, during a visit with her mother, Maya was raped by her mother’s boyfriend. Growing up as a teenager Maya had a baby at the age of 16 as a teenage mom that also dropped out of high school. She had a son name Guy Johnson. Maya Angelou…

“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.” This quote was told by Maya Angelou about the struggle that she had encountered as a child and eventually, when she wa ready, wrote a book and launched her career. Maya Angelou was extremely important and interesting person because she was involved and made a difference in this world. On April 4, 1928, Maya Angelou was born. Although, that wasn’t birth name, her original name was Marguerite Annie Johnson. She was from St.…

each passing moment is another step in that direction. Marguerite Annie Johnson, more commonly known as Maya Angelou, was born to inspire the world and leave behind a legacy so great it will never be forgotten. She was a scholar, reading the works of great writers such as “Paul Lawrence Dunbar, Langston Hughes, James Weldon Johnson and W.E.B. Du Bois” (Angelou, I Know Why 15-16). Maya Angelou was a teacher, as stated by Oprah Winfrey, “The world knows her as a poet, but at the heart of her,…

Maya Angelou was one of the most influential authors of her time. Through her autobiographies, she told a story of growing up as a black woman in a time of prominent racism and sexism. Angelou combined the worlds of activism and literature to stand up for what she believed in. She was the victim of abuse and was able to overcome the adversity. Because of the challenges she faced, she became an active advocate of civil rights. She was known for her outspokenness and her ability to make the…