Her Life: Maya Angelou was born on April 4th 1928 in St. Louis, Missouri. At the age of only three her parents divorced and her and her brother were sent to live with there grandma in Arkansas. Being African American she faced many hardships dealing with racism in the south. Some major events happened in her life when she was young and she said those incidence made her the person she is today. Maya Angelou gave birth to her first son when she was only sixteen years old. At age 22 she married Tosh Angelou, but divorced a couple years later.
Picture:
http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/pictures/maya_angelou.jpg
Poems:
Black Family Pledge
http://www.math.buffalo.edu/~sww/angelou/poems-ma.html#bfp
MillionMan March
http://www.math.buffalo.edu/~sww/angelou/poems-ma.html#mmmp
Prisoner
http://www.math.buffalo.edu/~sww/angelou/poems-ma.html#prisoner
Televised
http://www.math.buffalo.edu/~sww/angelou/poems-ma.html#televised
Song for the Old Ones
http://www.math.buffalo.edu/~sww/angelou/poems-ma.html#oldonessong
Still I Rise
http://www.math.buffalo.edu/~sww/angelou/poems-ma.html#maya6
Phenomenal Women
http://www.math.buffalo.edu/~sww/angelou/poems-ma.html#phen
Recovery
http://www.math.buffalo.edu/~sww/angelou/poems-ma.html#recov
By: Taylor