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    Marguerite Annie Johnson, known by her stage name Maya Angelou, was an American poet, singer, memoirist, and civil rights activist. She lived from 1928 to 2014. She overcame racial prejudices and discrimination growing up in Arkansas and went on to have a successful career as an author, poet, screenwriter, actress, and dancer. Some of her notable works included the autobiography "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" and poetry collections like "Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'Fore I Die," which was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize.

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    Marguerite Annie Johnson, known by her stage name Maya Angelou, was an American poet, singer, memoirist, and civil rights activist. She lived from 1928 to 2014. She overcame racial prejudices and discrimination growing up in Arkansas and went on to have a successful career as an author, poet, screenwriter, actress, and dancer. Some of her notable works included the autobiography "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" and poetry collections like "Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'Fore I Die," which was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize.

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    Marguerite Annie Johnson, known by her stage name Maya Angelou, was an American poet, singer, memoirist, and civil rights activist. She lived from 1928 to 2014. She overcame racial prejudices and discrimination growing up in Arkansas and went on to have a successful career as an author, poet, screenwriter, actress, and dancer. Some of her notable works included the autobiography "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" and poetry collections like "Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'Fore I Die," which was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize.

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    1928 - 2014

    Prof. B. Delgado
    English 12
    Marguerite Annie Johnson
    Born on April 4, 1928, in St.
    Louis, Missouri
    Raised in Stamps, Arkansas
    Experienced racial prejudices
    and discrimination
    First black female cable car
    conductor in San Francisco
    Died May 28, 2014
    Poet
    Author
    Civil Rights Activist
    Actress
    Screenwriter
    Dancer

    I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969)
    the first nonfiction best-seller by an African-
    American woman
    Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water
    'Fore I Die (1971)
    Pulitzer Prize-nominated poetry
    collection
    Georgia, Georgia drama (1972)
    First African-American woman to have her
    screenplay produced
    poem On the Pulse of Morning (1993)
    recited at President Bill Clinton's inauguration
    Her parents divorced when she
    was three
    With her brother Baily went to live
    with her paternal grandmother
    Raped by her mother's boyfriend at seven
    Her uncles kicked the culprit to death
    Frightened by the power of her own tongue,
    Angelou chose not to speak for the next five years.
    Troubles
    are a
    blessing that
    force you to
    change, to
    believe.
    There is no agony
    like bearing an untold
    story inside of you.
    http://www.biography.com/people/maya-angelou-
    9185388#video-gallery
    http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/maya-angelou-
    is-born

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