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	Maya Angelou
		By the time she was in her early twenties, Maya Angelou had been a Creole cook, a streetcar conductor, a cocktail waitress, a dancer, a madam, and an unwed mother.
		Angelou tells us about the time she was expelled from school for being afraid to speak—and her mother baked a delicious maple cake to brighten her spirits.
		Maya Angelou is renowned in her wide and generous circle of friends as a marvelous chef.
	aalbc.com /authors/maya.htm (1816 words)

	Maya Angelou - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Maya Angelou (born Marguerite Johnson April 4, 1928) is an American poet, memoirist, actress and an important figure in the American Civil Rights Movement.
		Maya Angelou was born Marguerite Ann Johnson in St.
		Angelou greets him at the door, she begins a heart-wrenching monologue that continues as she watches him collapse on the couch into a drunken sleep (the crowd can even be heard laughing as she begins, not expecting the turn it takes).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Maya_Angelou (1750 words)

	MetroActive Books \| Maya Angelou
		Maya Angelou's accomplishments are a burst of glorious blooms and colors, her life an example of how impossible beauty can spring from the most wretched circumstances.
		Angelou has been nominated for the Tony award twice for her acting--one of those performances was in the TV miniseries Roots.
		Maya Angelou appears with Linda Tillery's Cultural Heritage Choir on Friday (8pm) at the Civic Auditorium, 307 Church St., SC (429-3444).
	www.metroactive.com /papers/cruz/02.20.97/maya-angelou-9708.html (1484 words)

	VG: Artist Biography: Angelou, Maya
		Angelou claims that her grandmother, whom she called "momma, had a deep-brooding love that hung over everything she touched." Growing up in Stamps, Angelou learned what it was like to be a fl girl in a world whose boundaries were set by whites.
		Maya Angelou is a wonderful speaker and is highly sought after on the lecture circuit.
		Angelou's poetry and personal narratives form a larger picture wherein the symbolic Maya Angelou rises to become a point of consciousness for African-American people, especially fl women seeking to survive masculine prejudice, in addition to whites hatred of fls and fls lack of power.
	voices.cla.umn.edu /vg/Bios/entries/angelou_maya.html (2021 words)

	Maya Angelou
		Maya suggested that the students could become their own composers by using many of the resources that are offered to them by the university, such as the library and the professors.
		Maya Angelou was born on April 4, 1928, a year before the crash of 29 (the stock market crash).
		Maya’s family, was one of the few fl family’s during the depression that did not suffer severely, mainly because their grandmother owned the general store.
	www.lazystudents.com /hyperpapers/angelou.html (4810 words)

	Maya Angelou
		Maya Angelou was born Marguerite Annie Johnson on April 4, 1928, in St. Louis, Missouri, and was given the name Maya by her older brother who called her "My" or "Mine." After her parents' divorce she and her brother were sent to Stamps, Arkansas, to be raised by their paternal grandmother.
		Angelou moved to New York, where she was chosen for a featured role in a production of George Gershwin's opera "Porgy and Bess" with this troupe she toured twenty-two countries in Europe and Africa.
		Angelou' s work reached its largest single audience in January 1993 when she recited her poem "On the Pulse of Morning" at the inauguration of President William Clinton; she was the first poet to receive such an invitation since Robert Frost in 1961.
	www.strawberrylady.com /blackhistory/angelou/angelou.htm (502 words)

	Shadow Poetry -- Resources -- Famous Poets -- Maya Angelou
		Maya Angelou, born April 4, 1928 as Marguerite Johnson in St. Louis, is an author, poet, historian, conductor, actor, singer, songwriter, playwright, film director, and civil rights activist.
		One of Maya Angelou's books, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, an account of her youth, describes the trauma of being raped as a child, the violent death of her attacker, and her subsequent refusal to speak for five years.
		Maya Angelou, poet, was among the first African-American women to hit the bestsellers lists with her "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings," and she held the Great Hall audience spellbound with stories of her own childhood.
	www.shadowpoetry.com /resources/famous/angelou/maya.html (386 words)

	Maya Angelou (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		This novel relates Angelou's early rape by her mother's boyfriend, her 5 years of muteness following the event, and what it was like being discriminated against in a severely racist city.
		Angelou's survivor story is an inspiration to many and one of the earliest successful novels by an African-American author.
		Though Angelou's life experience is very foreign to my own, her humanity is prevalent through the book and allows the reader to identify with her.
	www.pastaqueen.com /static/vance/maya.html (272 words)

	The Academy of American Poets - Maya Angelou
		Maya Angelou was born Marguerite Johnson in St. Louis, Missouri, on April 4, 1928.
		In 1959, at the request of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Maya Angelou became the northern coordinator for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
		Maya Angelou was twice nominated for a Tony award for acting: once for her Broadway debut in Look Away (1973), and again for her performance in Roots (1977).
	www.poets.org /poet.php/prmPID/87 (458 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings: Books: Maya Angelou (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		This autobiographical novel was quite fitting, as it focusses on Maya Angelou, a young girl who, along with her brother, was left in the care of her grandmother and uncle, by their own parents.
		In the backward town of Stamps, Maya grows up in the 'fl' area of the town, and the contact with the white population is so scarce that the girl even wonders at times if they really exist, or if the horrific stories she hears about them are made up.
		Although, at times, the story (and Angelou's life) is traumatic and stressful, much of it is based on the ongoing theme of how she (and the people around her) can overcome the prejudice, hatred and lack of power that is forced upon them by the white people in their community.
	www.amazon.co.uk /Know-Why-Caged-Bird-Sings/dp/086068511X (1157 words)

	Amazon.ca: Maya Angelou Poetry Collection: Books: Maya Angelou (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The versatility of Maya Angelou's voices delights as she uses a syncopated rhythm to deliver poems enhanced by this beat: Harlem Hopscotch, Pickin' Up and Layin' 'em Down, Baby and Times Square Shoe Shine.
		Maya Angelou takes us back to the bitter historical past in poems based upon classic Negro spirituals such as Just Give me a Cool Drink of Water 'fore I Die and to the somber, slow refrains of To a Freedom Fighter.
		Angelou shares the historical roots and associations she drew upon to create her Inaugural Poem On the Pulse of Morning delivered on January 20, 1993 at President Clinton's inauguration.
	www.amazon.ca /Maya-Angelou-Poetry-Collection/dp/0375420177 (703 words)

	Shambhala Sun - "There's No Place to Go But Up" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Maya Angelou: It wasn’t difficult to be supportive of you because you’ve always, in every word, been so forthright.
		When Maya Angelou tells a story, a story often coming from her own experience in the world, you see the ripple effect through the audience, the sense of connectedness.
		Maya begins from the place of her mother’s experience, and then from her experience; I think that willingness to share allows one to teach in a very different way.
	www.shambhalasun.com /Archives/Features/1998/Jan98/Angelou.htm (4719 words)

	The My Hero Project - Maya Angelou
		Maya Angelou is like a third grandmother to me because she is full of wisdom, courage and love.
		Raised by her grandmother in Arkansas, and her mother in St. Louis and later San Francisco, Angelou was accustomed, as too many children are, to being moved from home to home, from one set of relatives to another.
		Years into adulthood, she would write about being the "plain" member of a family that, for her, was "handsome to a point of pain." Yet pictures of Maya Angelou as a grown woman do not bear out such a recollection of ugliness.
	www.myhero.com /myhero/hero.asp?hero=MayaAngelou (1350 words)

	Maya Angelou
		In the mid-1930's, at the age of eight Maya was raped by her mothers boyfriend.
		Angelou was married to a Greek-born former sailor, Tosh Angelos, she took a variation of his name as her stage name for her debut appearance as a dancer and singer of West India calypso music in a San Francisco cabaret.
		Angelou's accomplishments have earned her the La Home Journal Woman of the Year award in communication, Matrix Award in the field of books from Women in Communication.
	www.dejaelaine.com /maya.html (600 words)

	Maya Angelou
		Maya Angelou was born in 1928 to Vivian and Bailey Johnson.
		Angelou was only the second poet and first female to deliver a poem at such an event.
		Maya Angelou's poem Phenomenal Woman is very lyrical, as are many of her other poems.
	www.uncp.edu /home/canada/work/canam/angelou.htm (1711 words)

	Maya Angelou pens her sentiments for Hallmark (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Maya Angelou watches a light snow falling in North Carolina and recalls saying no to the Hallmark company.
		The other is Jan Karon, best-selling author of a series of sweet novels about the fictional town of Mitford, N.C. Angelou says she knows she may be criticized by those wondering why a writer of her stature would undertake such a commercial venture.
		Hallmark had wooed Angelou for several years, but she turned them down because "I usually have so much on my platter, book writing, poetry, teaching." Then, while lecturing 2 1/2 years ago in Kansas City, Mo., home of Hallmark, Angelou was invited to lunch with company executives.
	www.usatoday.com /life/books/2002/2002-01-10-maya-angelou-full.htm (594 words)

	BBC - BBC Four - Books - Maya Angelou
		Maya Angelou's stunning performance at the 2002 Hay Festival had the audience in hysterics and tears.
		Maya Angelou was born Marguerite Annie Johnson in 1928 in St Louis Missouri, in the American South.
		Listen to Maya Angelou talking about the predicament of fl Americans at the end of the 20th century, and how she would like to be remembered
	www.bbc.co.uk /bbcfour/books/features/maya_angelou.shtml (230 words)

	Meet Maya Angelou
		Although her career has included many years as an actress, singer, dancer, director, and producer on stage and on television, Maya Angelou is best known for her writing, particularly her autobiographical writing.
		Angelou followed this book with four other volumes of her life story, each covering a later period in her life.
		Maya Angelou sees a single message underlying all her work: People can overcome the obstacles they face.
	www.eduplace.com /kids/hmr/mtai/angelou.html (263 words)

	Maya Angelou
		Angelou and Walker share a remarkably similar style in their poetry, again embracing all types of human experiece -- joy, anger, sorrow, and a sense of awe in the power of life.
		Like Whitman, Angelou's public voices "sing(s) America." Angelou even serves as a panel member for "We the People", an Internet project that joins 50 Web Peace and Justice community sites from around the world formed to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the United Nations.
		Maya Angelou's Black Family Pledge: what does this pledge represent about contemporary African-America's concerns and struggles.
	members.aol.com /nshour/maya.htm (750 words)

	Maya Angelou - Silver Chips Online
		Maya Angelou is an accomplished author, poet, historian, songwriter, playwright, dancer, stage and screen producer, director, performer, singer and civil rights activist that is best known for her autobiographical novels.
		Angelou was raised in rural Stamps, Arkansas, by her grandmother after her parents divorced.
		In Angelou's book, the reader learns that the confidence her grandmother taught her diminished after her mother's boyfriend raped Angelou when she was eight.
	silverchips.mbhs.edu /inside.php?sid=4905 (1021 words)

	USATODAY.com - Maya Angelou to host show on XM Radio (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.umd.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Angelou will host an hourlong show that she hopes will be called Maya Angelou's America, although the title hasn't been decided.
		Angelou's writings include her autobiography, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, as well as a collection of poetry titled Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'Fore I Diiie that was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize.
		Angelou said she continues to teach at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, N.C., where she has a lifetime position as the Reynolds professor of American studies.
	www.usatoday.com.cob-web.org:8888 /life/people/2006-09-13-angelou-XM-show_x.htm (377 words)

	The My Hero Project - Maya Angelou
		When Maya was three she she took a train to live in Stamps, Arkansas alone with four-year-old brother.
		When Maya was 17 she had a child named Clyde Bailey Johnson.
		In the 1950's Maya Angelou married a man named Tos Angelos, only then did Maya begin to use the name Maya Angelou.
	myhero.com /myhero/hero.asp?hero=m_angelou2_ul_stpaul (194 words)

	NIE Online Lesson -- Greetings from Maya Angelou
		Angelou, author of the classic memoir I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings and one of only two poets ever to have read at a presidential inauguration, was initially cool to the idea.
		Begin with the Maya Angelou poetry exhibit at The Academy of American Poets (poets.org).
		Sharon Burt, author of the biography you first read, concluded by writing, "The life and work of Maya Angelou are fully intertwined." Maya Angelou wrote from her own experience, but in doing so she wrote about the human experience.
	www.learnersonline.com /weekly/lessons02/week5/index.htm (727 words)

	Amazon.com: The Complete Collected Poems of Maya Angelou: Books: Maya Angelou (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Brought together for the first time here are all of Maya Angelou's published poems -- including "On the Pulse of Morning," her inaugural poem -- in a handsome hardcover edition.
		Maya Angelou proves herself as one of the outstanding comtemporary poets today by offering poetry that anyone, regardless of background, color, or creed, can find inspire in.
		Maya Angelou is an expert at writing easily remembered catchphrases and proverbial tidbits that have all the taste of wisdom with half the calories.
	www.amazon.com /Complete-Collected-Poems-Maya-Angelou/dp/067942895X (1615 words)

	Books@Random \| Maya Angelou: Readers' Group Companion
		She is widely acclaimed for her searing, inspiring writings--and she has been praised for confronting both the racial and sexual pressures on fl women, and for infusing her work with a perspective on larger social and political movements, including civil rights.
		Maya's husband Make is a freedom fighter--yet he treats Maya as a possession.
		In January 1993, Maya Angelou became the first woman and the first African-American to read her work at a presidential inauguration.
	www.randomhouse.com /resources/bookgroup/mayaangelou_bgc.html (1164 words)

	Maya Angelou Interview with Don Swaim
		Angelou fell in love with reading and poetry at the age of 8, shortly after she stopped talking.
		During this time, Angelou describes a transformation in her brain that made her capable of memorizing certain things to the smallest detail.
		Angelou describes her appreciation for Feelings’ depictions of fl women because, “fl women,” she says, “seem or appear to white men, white women, fl men, and even fl women, as too exotic to be touched or to be loved or to be understood.”
	wiredforbooks.org /mayaangelou (316 words)

	St. Louis Walk of Fame - Maya Angelou
		Maya Angelou, born Marguerite Johnson in St. Louis, was raised in segregated rural Arkansas.
		She was also nominated for an Emmy Award for her acting in Roots, and her screenplay Georgia, Georgia was the first by a fl woman to be filmed.
		Angelou lectures throughout the US and abroad and is Reynolds Professor of American Studies at Wake Forest University in North Carolina since 1981.
	www.stlouiswalkoffame.org /inductees/maya-angelou.html (150 words)

	Maya Angelou - The Official Website (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Maya Angelou is a remarkable Renaissance woman who is hailed as one of the great voices of contemporary literature.
		As a poet, educator, historian, best-selling author, actress, playwright, civil-rights activist, producer and director, she continues to travel the world, spreading her legendary wisdom.
		Within the rhythm of her poetry and elegance of her prose lies Angelou's unique power to help readers of every orientation span the lines of race and Angelou captivates audiences through the vigor and sheer beauty of her words and lyrics.
	www.mayaangelou.com (84 words)

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