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Who Was Maya Angelou?
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Series: Who Was?
BiographyGeneral Juvenile Nonfiction
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ISBN10: 0448488531
ISBN13: 9780448488530
Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
Published: Jan 12 2016
Pages: 112
Weight: 0.25
Height: 0.30 Width: 5.20 Depth: 7.50
Language: English
ISBN13: 9780448488530
Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
Published: Jan 12 2016
Pages: 112
Weight: 0.25
Height: 0.30 Width: 5.20 Depth: 7.50
Language: English
Born in Missouri in 1928, Maya Angelou had a difficult childhood. Jim Crow laws segregated blacks and whites in the South. Her family life was unstable at times. But much like her poem, Still I Rise, Angelou was able to lift herself out of her situation and flourish. She moved to California and became the first black--and first female--streetcar operator before following her interest in dance. She became a professional performer in her twenties and toured the U.S. and Europe as an opera star and calypso dancer. But Angelou's writing became her defining talent. Her poems and books, including I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, brought her international acclaim.
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