Maya Angelou

In “Graduation” from the Norton Reader, Maya Angelou tells the story of her eighth grade graduation. Although she consistently implies her want to continue education, the text is mostly directed towards her views on how African-Americans were treated in the early nineteen hundreds. Angelou explains graduation as such a sacred event and something supposed to be cherished and celebrated with family. When Angelou gets to her graduation, she is ecstatic. This feeling of exuberance gets shifted when…

DéJa. I am a young lady, born in Southeast, a 17 year-old senior at Maya Angelou Public Charter School. I have been apart of the Maya family since the 8th grade. In hopes to become an Early Childhood Educator and cosmetologist. As a senior now at Maya Angelou, looking back I have so much to be grateful for. This loving community has created a space for me to overcome obstacles. Thanks to Maya and other programs, I have become an Achiever, young dedicated business woman, aspiring…

why the caged bird sings” that is called “Graduation” written by Maya Angelou. The selection “Graduation” is part of an autobiography of Maya Angelou. In this selection Angelou writes about the excitement and also about the difficulties of growing up in a segregated society. Maya Angelou shares what is like to be full of potential and to only be expected to live up to set standards because of the color or their skin. Maya Angelou tells about the wonderful feeling that she has about graduating,…

Maya Angelou was Born on April 04,1928 in St Louis, Mo. By the timed she turned 3years old her parents divorced and she and her brother went to live with their grandmother in Stamps, Arkansas. Angelou real name is not Maya her name is Marguerite Annie Johnson she received the nickname Maya from her Brother Bailey Johnson Jr. Maya and her brother is very close that when she was raped at the age of 7years old by her mother boyfriend she felt like the only person she can tell was her brother. But…

in St. Louis, Missouri in 1928, Maya Angelou was an author, poet, historian, civil rights activist, and much more. According to continuing the life work of Maya Angelou, she was well known for her many works which were varied anywhere from poems, books, children’s books, and even cook books. At the age of about 22 years old, she started to work on what would come to be one of her most important projects known as “I know why the caged bird sings.” Although Angelou was a woman with many talents…

Selah H. 10.14.15 Maya Angelou Biography Maya Angelou was an inspiration to many people. She was mostly known for her autobiographies, poetry books, and standing up for womens’ and Africans’ rights. Maya was born in St. Louis, Missouri on April 4, 1928, and lived there until she was three years old. Her parents got divorced, forcing her and her brother to move to Stamps, Arkansas. Maya lived with her grandma, Annie Henderson, Uncle Willie, and her brother, Bailey Jr. Maya died on May 28, 2014.…

Actress, Author, Activist, Educator, Filmmaker, Educator and Poet. Just some of the things Marguerite Ann Johnson, also known as Maya Angelou has accomplished in her fulfilling life. Most importantly though, she was a mother of all people. Whether she comforted you with advice or made you inspired by her story of hardships, she was a mother to all of us. Maya was born to Bailey Johnson and Vivian Baxter Johnson in 1928, but grew up with her grandmother Annie Henderson and her uncle Willie. In…

Maya Angelou, author, performer, and leader, is an inspiration to various people across the world. She protested the rights of inequality among men, women and race. Angelou experienced many hardships, including abandonment and abuse throughout her childhood. “It takes the human voice to infuse them (words) with the shades of a deeper meaning.” (Angelou) This quote enhances people’s views on the written language versus the spoken language. Hearing the words creates a distinction between verbal…

Maya Angelou has sowed the right seed for women liberation in America through her versatile poems, plays and songs. She is a multi-faceted genius. She is an author, poet, historian, songwriter, playwright, dancer, stage and screen producer, director, performer, singer, and civil rights activist. She has carved her imprints in Hollywood and she is the first black woman director of Hollywood. She has written, produced, directed, and starred for stage, film, and television. In 1971, she wrote a…

This poem by Maya Angelou represents the ideal women. The poem begins with a conversational approach as the speaker claims she is not physically a perfect woman yet she attracts the attention from others everywhere she goes. Throughout the poem, Maya Angelou constantly repeats the phrase “phenomenal women, that’s me” to emphasize the speaker’s confident attitude. Maya Angelou claims that beauty is not what makes a women phenomenal instead it’s the way she represents herself that makes her…