Who Was Maya Angelou?

Kids, People and Places, Biography, Non-Fiction, Literary, USA
Cover of the book Who Was Maya Angelou? by Ellen Labrecque, Who HQ, Penguin Young Readers Group
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Author: Ellen Labrecque, Who HQ ISBN: 9780399542961
Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group Publication: January 12, 2016
Imprint: Penguin Workshop Language: English
Author: Ellen Labrecque, Who HQ
ISBN: 9780399542961
Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
Publication: January 12, 2016
Imprint: Penguin Workshop
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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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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