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    Maya Angelou born Marguerite Annie Johnson born on April 4‚ 1928 in St. Louis‚ Missouri. Her parents are Bailey Johnson‚ a doorman and navy dietitian‚ and Vivian Baxter Johnson‚ a nurse and card dealer. When Maya was three and her brother Bailey Jr. was four their parents got divorced and their father sent them to Stamps‚ Arkansas. They went alone on a train to live with their paternal grandmother‚ Annie Henderson. This was the time during the Great Depression and World War 2 and she suffered financially

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    In Maya Angelou’s “Champion of the World” a boxing match affects how African- Americans will be treated in society. The story tells of an important fight between a white man vs. a black man and what the outcome means to an African- American community. To Angelou’s community‚ the fight is much more than winning or losing a boxing match. It is hope that maybe blacks are as good‚ as or even better than the whites. When Angelou’s race gets to prove that they are humans and should be treated equal‚ they

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    Expository Essay Dr. Maya Angelou “Still I Rise” Cheryl Parker-Fields April 11‚ 2010 Franklin D. Roosevelt once said‚ “Favor comes because for a brief moment in the great space of human change and progress some general human purpose finds in him a satisfactory embodiment.”(www.brainyquote.com) Throughout many centuries in American history‚ at some point or another there has been a great struggle for African- American people. A struggle filled with many disappointments embodied by raw emotion

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    I chose Maya Angelou. I chose her because she is an inspiration to me. She has lived a hard life but battled through and that is really inspiring. Maya Angelou was born on April 4‚ 1928 in St. Louis‚ Missouri. Her birth name was Marguerite Ann Johnson but she changed her name to Maya Angelou in her twenties. She was the daughter of Vivian and Bailey Johnson. In 1931 after her parents divorced‚ her and her brother had to go live with their grandmother in Stamps‚ Arkansas. Maya was a skinny black

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    Maya Angelou I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is perceived by many literary critics to be one of the most important books of two generations. It is the first in a five volume autobiography about author Maya Angelou’s life. Maya Angelou is not only a well known author‚ but also a poet‚ actress‚ director‚ playwright‚ film producer‚ and civil rights activist. Maya is also an accomplished spokeswoman‚ traveling the country taking on taboo topics such civil rights‚ or gender equality. She is one of the

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    Maya Angelou‚ a native of St. Louis‚ began her life in Stamps‚ Arkansas with her paternal grandmother‚ older brother Bailey‚ and her paralyzed uncle. Stamps was a southern town plagued with segregation and‚ as Angelou remembered “..never believing whites were really real” (Angelou‚ 1969‚ pg.25). Stamps gave Maya her first exposure to the brutality of racial inequality. Her childhood was tragic and traumatic; nothing seemed to be on her side‚ yet because her resilience and passion were born out

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    Maya Angelou spreading an attachment to honesty‚ civil rights‚ savoring life and writing the experiences‚ a dominating woman became a motivation to all. Maya Angelou’s words were always destined for honor and praise for centuries yet to come. Her writings continue to promote equality‚ soul-searching and friendship. Maya created a way to express herself freely and instill character and integrity in people by doing so. She found happiness and a way out through her writings and commanded her voice to

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    different ways was Maya Angelou. Maya Angelou is a woman who has overcome many struggles as a child‚ and as an African American. She has also written many memoirs and poems about her life experiences and the injustice that was happening to all African Americans in America. Due to these memoirs and poems‚ she has become very famous and acquired many awards such as the Grammy Award for the Best Spoken Word Album‚ Presidential Medal of Freedom‚ and the Quill Award. Maya Angelou‚ the most famous female

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    1102 12/9/2014 Maya Angelou According to the Dictionary of Literary Biography Maya Angelou was born in ST.Louis‚ Missouri‚ in 1928.When she was only three years old her parents split and her and her older brother Bailey were sent to stay with their aunt in Arkansas. Maya spent her formative childhood years in the royal south where racism was a daily presence for Angelou and her family. She learned at an early age that blackness was abhorred while whiteness was honored. After Angelou was raped at

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    while silkworms ate all the Chinese with their stupid pigtails. As a species‚ we were an abomination. All of us.” -Maya Angelou On one of the best days of her life‚ Maya Angelou shares in her writing that the day of gradation was so exciting for her and her family. She talks about how rare and big it was at the time for an African American to be educated coming from generations of slavery here

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