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Who Was Maya Angelou? (WhoHQ)

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Binding: Paperback
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ISBN: 9780448488530
Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap
Language: English
Page Count: 105
Publication Date: 1/12/2016
Size: 7.62" l x 5.28" w x 0.27"
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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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