61. Maya Angelou Tells Why The Caged Bird Sings maya angelou realized her dream to be a writer after years of struggle. http://www.world-class-poetry.com/maya-angelou.html

Enter your E-mail Address Enter your First Name (optional) Then Don't worry your e-mail address is totally secure. I promise to use it only to send you Hyperbole. Maya Angelou Tells 'Why The Caged Bird Sings' Maya Angelou began her life on April 4, 1928 as Marguerite Johnson. She was born in St. Louis, Missouri to Bailey and Vivian Baxter. She received her name Maya from her older brother, also named Bailey. Her career as a writer extends beyond merely poetry for she has penned two autobiographies, several plays, TV shows, and has appeared on stage in a few Broadway plays as well. Maya Angelou’s most famous work, I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings , was written in 1969. Her follow up autobiography, Gather Together In My Name , came later, in 1974. The story tells of her and her brother’s troubles during childhood. After their parents divorced, the two children went to live with their grandmother, Anne Henderson, who resided in Stamps, Arkansas, in 1930. They soon came to know her as “Momma.” While living in Stamps, Maya witnessed the harassment and degradation of African Americans, which she would write about later in her books. Maya excelled academically and graduated from Lafayette County Training School with honors. She and Bailey went to live with their remarried mother in 1940 in San Francisco, California. In San Francisco, life for Maya Angelou was different than it had been in the south. African Americans had more rights and were treated more respectfully. Maya learned how to lead a life of self-respect from her mother during this time of her life. At 16, Maya gave birth to a son, Guy Johnson, out of wedlock.

62. American Rhetoric: Maya Angelou - Remarks At The Funeral Service For Coretta Sco Full text and audio and video of maya angelou Eulogy for Coretta Scott King. http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mayaangeloueulogyforcorettaking.htm

Maya Angelou Remarks at the Funeral Service for Coretta Scott King delivered 7 February 2006 Audio mp3 of Address Plug-in required for flash audio var so = new SWFObject("playerSingle.swf", "mymovie", "192", "67", "7", "#FFFFFF"); so.addVariable("autoPlay", "no"); so.addVariable("soundPath", "http://www.americanrhetoric.com/mp3clips/speeches/mayaangeloeulogyforcorettaking444444444444443333333333333333333.mp3"); so.write("flashPlayer"); click for pdf click for flash [AUTHENTICITY CERTIFIED: Text version below transcribed directly from audio] (Singing: "I open my mouth to the Lord and I won't turn back, no. I will go, I shall go. I'll see what the end is gonna be.") In the midst of national tumult, in the medium of international violent uproar, Coretta Scott King's face remained a study in serenity. In times of interior violent storms she sat, her hands resting in her lap calmly, like good children sleeping. Her passion was never spent in public display. She offered her industry and her energies to action, toward righting ancient and current wrongs in this world. She believed religiously in non-violent protest.

63. Maya Angelou - Lesson Plans & Study Guides For Novels, Including I Know Why The And Still I Rise Proud Black Women Understanding the poetry of maya angelou through the lyrics of two female rappers. Lesson Plan (by maya angelou) http://litplans.com/authors/Maya_Angelou.html

Web LitPlans.com LitPlans : Maya Angelou Lesson Plans, Teacher's Guides, Novel Unit Plans, Study Guides, and more for: Angelou, Maya How to Use This Directory A B C ... Maya Angelou BookRags All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes Complete Study Pack (by Maya Angelou) BookRags All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes (Book) (by Maya Angelou) Adult/All (Amazon.com) And Still I Rise: Proud Black Women: Understanding the poetry of Maya Angelou through the lyrics of two female rappers. Lesson Plan (by Maya Angelou) RockHall.com Angelou - Amazing Grace (by Maya Angelou) The Complete Collected Poems of Maya Angelou (Book) (by Maya Angelou) Adult/All (Amazon.com) Gather Together in My Name (Book) (by Maya Angelou) Adult/All (Amazon.com) The Heart of a Woman Complete Study Pack (by Maya Angelou) BookRags Heart Of A Woman (Book) (by Maya Angelou) (Amazon.com) The Heart of a Woman (Book) (by Maya Angelou) Adult/All (Amazon.com) I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Complete Study Pack (by Maya Angelou) BookRags I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Teacher Pack (by Maya Angelou) Teacher's Pet Publications I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Puzzle Pack (by Maya Angelou) Teacher's Pet Publications I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Novel Unit (by Maya Angelou) Novel Units Inc.

64. Maya Angelou S Black Family Pledge maya angelou s Black Family Pledge. WATOTO WORLD. BLACK FAMILY PLEDGE. By Dr. maya angelou. Because we have forgotten our ancestors our children no longer http://www.melanet.com/watoto/pledge.html

BLACK FAMILY PLEDGE By Dr. Maya Angelou Because we have forgotten our ancestors our children no longer give us honor. Because we have lost the path our ancestors cleared, kneeling in perilous undergrowth, our children cannot find their way. Because we have banished the God of our ancestors, our children can not pray. Because the long wails of our ancestors have faded beyond our hearing, our children cannot hear us crying. Because we have abandoned our wisdom of mothering and fathering, our befuddled children give birth to children they neither want nor understand. Because we have forgotten how to love, the adversary is within our gates, and holds us up to the mirror of the world, shouting, Regard the loveless. Therefore, we pledge to bind ourselves again to one another; To embrace our lowliest, To keep company with our loneliest, To educate our illiterate, To feed our starving, To clothe our ragged, To do all good things, knowing that we are more than keepers of our brothers and sisters. We are our brothers and sisters. In honor of those who toiled and implored God with golden tongues, and in gratitude to the same God who brought us out of hopeless desolation

65. News Story | Virginia Tech News | Virginia Tech BLACKSBURG, Va., January 11, 2008 A remarkable woman who is hailed as one of the greatest voices of contemporary literature, maya angelou, http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/story.php?relyear=2008&itemno=22

66. Maya Angelou Selected Works maya angelou is one of the most important American writers of her generation, famous for works like I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. http://classiclit.about.com/od/angeloumaya/a/aa_mayaworks.htm

zGCID=" test0" zGCID=" test0 test4" zJs=10 zJs=11 zJs=12 zJs=13 zc(5,'jsc',zJs,9999999,'') You are here: About Education Classic Literature A-to-Z Writers ... Angelou, Maya Maya Angelou Selected Works Classic Literature Education Classic Literature Essentials ... Submit to Digg Most Popular The Catcher in the Rye Quiz The Story of an Hour Quiz Lord of the Flies Quotes The Devil and Tom Walker - Washington Irving (1783-1859) ... The Storm - Kate Chopin (1851-1904) Maya Angelou Selected Works From Esther Lombardi Your Guide to Classic Literature FREE Newsletter. Sign Up Now! Maya Angelou is one of the most important American writers of her generation, famous for works like I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings . Here's a selected list of Maya Angelou's works. All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes (1986) And Still I Rise (1978) A Brave and Startling Truth (1995) The Complete Collected Poems of Maya Angelou (1994) The Heart of a Woman (1981) Gather Together in My Name (1974) I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1970) I Shall Not Be Moved (1990) Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'Fore I Diiie (1971) My Grandson, Home at Last (1986)

67. HillaryClinton.com - Media Release Renaissance woman Dr. maya angelou announced her endorsement of Hillary Clinton for president in a video tribute that was first shown on Tuesday at a http://www.hillaryclinton.com/news/release/view/?id=2048

68. The Democratic Party | Maya Angelou An accomplished poet, memoirist, playwright, and civil rights activist, maya angelou has been widely recognized for her work. http://www.democrats.org/a/2007/01/maya_angelou.php

Blog Our Party What We Stand For The 50-State Strategy ... Contact document.write(Referrer); Maya Angelou Email this Print this Blog this Digg this The ancestors remind us, despite the history of pain We are a going-on people who will rise again. - Maya Angelou An accomplished poet, memoirist, playwright, and civil rights activist, Maya Angelou has been widely recognized for her work. She earned the unique distinction of receiving a Pulitzer Prize Nomination, an Emmy Award Nomination, a Grammy, the Mother Teresa Award, and dozens of Honorary Degrees. After touring Europe with a production of the opera Porgy and Bess in the 1950s, she became increasingly committed to developing as a writer. She joined the Harlem Writers Guild and became associated with the writers of the Civil Rights Movement. Her writing stood side-by-side with her work on civil rights, which she has dedicated much of her life to protecting both through her words and through her actions. She also became the northern coordinator for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in 1959 and worked closely with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., who had originally requested she work for the SCLC. She remembers him as a "brilliant" man whose "brain was like sparkles of stardust." In addition to working for civil rights in the United States, she also acted for civil rights in South Africa. She fought for improved conditions for women living in the Third World, particularly in Africa. In addition, she was a prominent speaker at the Million Man March, where she recited the words that begin this biography.

69. Maya Angelou Honored For Courage, Blackness | The Onion - America's Finest News ATLANTA—Citing her outstanding contribution to the field of literature written by African Americans, many of the nation s top cultural luminaries gathered http://www.theonion.com/content/node/39169

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70. Gale - Free Resources - Black History - Biographies - Maya Angelou Born Marguerite Johnson, maya angelou spent her formative years shuttling between St. Louis, Missouri, a tiny, totally segregated town in Arkansas, http://gale.cengage.com/free_resources/bhm/bio/angelou_m.htm

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71. Daily Celebrations ~ Maya Angelou, Troubles Are Blessings ~ April 4 ~ Ideas To M A celebration of poet maya angelou, a woman who has taken her life by the lapel. Her 1970 autobiography I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings details her http://www.dailycelebrations.com/040403.htm

April 4 ~  Troubles Are Blessings Hallelujah! The Welcome Table "Troubles are a b le s s i n g that force you to change , to b el i e v e. Maya Angelou A woman who is a true blessing, poet Maya Angelou (1928-) was born Marguerite Johnson on this day in St. Louis. Growing up poor and black during the Depression , Angelou transformed her tragic childhood into vibrant, inspirational writing . She created purposeful writing. Intimate. Grabbing life's lessons with words "If you find it in your heart to care for someone else," she said, "you have succeeded." An eloquent orator, she mesmerized the world when she recited her poem On the Pulse of Morning at Bill Clinton's 1993 Presidential Inauguration. Her passionate autobiography I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1970) detailed her extraordinary life in which she proclaimed: "Life loves the liver of it." A writer, performer, Hollywood's first African American woman director, professor, and civil rights activist, she has dedicated her life to empowering positive change and a productive future for young people. "Ask for what you want," she proposed. "And be prepared to get it."

72. Winston Salem State University The mission of the maya angelou Institute for the Improvement of Child and Family Education is to promote and strengthen the development of children and http://www.wssu.edu/WSSU/UndergraduateStudies/School of Education/Maya Angelou I

About WSSU Information Events News ... SEARCH Quick Jump... About WSSU Academic Calendar 2007-2009 Administration Admissions (Undergraduate) Alumni Adult Student Services Advancement Athletics Book Store Career Services Center for Community Safety Continuing Education Course Catalog Diggs Gallery Dining and Catering Distance Learning Enrollment Services Emergency Procedures Evening-Weekend College EXCEL/SSS Faculty/Staff Directory Faculty/Staff Web Pages Financial Aid Human Resources Honors College International Programs Library Life-Long Learning Office of Sponsored Programs Office of the Registrar Passport Acceptance Agency Purchasing Research REWARD Program Solution Center STEM Scholars Program Summer Sessions Transcript Requests University College University Events University News Upward Bound Web Development Team WSSU Home Page WSSU-TRI Maya Angelou Institute Accomplishments Advisory Board Community Events Contact Information ... Maya Angelou Institute The Maya Angelou Institute for the Improvement of Child and Family Education Winston-Salem State University, School of Education and Human Performance (SEHP), has taken a leadership role in fortifying family development by initiating a program, the Maya Angelou Institute for the Improvement of Child and Family Education. The Institute is a 501 (c) (3) status non-profit organization. The mission of the Maya Angelou Institute for the Improvement of Child and Family Education is to promote and strengthen the development of children and families.

73. Famous People - Celebrity And Historical maya angelou was born Marguerite Johnson on April 4, 1928 in St. Louis, Missouri, maya angelou has recieved numerous honorary degrees including Mills http://www.famouspeople.com/famous/49.html

FamousPeople.com Presents the lives of famous people throughout history Biographies Ask the Oracle Celebrity Gossip Celebrity Links ... Real People Click on the photo to enlarge! Maya Angelou Poet and Author Maya Angelou was born Marguerite Johnson on April 4, 1928 in St. Louis, Missouri, the daughter of Bailey and Vivian (Baxter) Johnson. She studied dance with Pearl Primus in New York City, New York and spent her early career in dance and theater, including teaching modern dance at The Rome Opera House and Hambina Theatre in Tel Aviv. Maya Angelou has recieved numerous honorary degrees including Mills College, 1975 and Lawrence University, 1976. She was the first Reynolds professor of American Studies at Wake Forest University in 1981, a lifetime appointment. Maya Angelou is best known for her autobiographical stories and for her poetry. A prolific poet and writer, some of her works are I know why the Caged Bird Sings And Still I Rise All God’s Children Need Traveling Shoes , 1986. At the request of President Clinton she wrote On the Pulse of Morning: The Inaugural Poem , 1992, and Maya Angelou read the poem at his inauguration on January 20, 1993. An anthology of her poems

74. Who Mentored Maya Angelou? maya angelou is hailed as one of the great voices of contemporary literature and as a remarkable Renaissance woman. She is a poet, educator, historian, http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/chc/wmy2007/Celebrities/maya_angelou.html

Featured Celebrities Who Mentored You? Thank Them Pass It On ... News CELEBRITY INTERVIEWS Maya Angelou Tom Brokaw Ray Charles Deepak Chopra ... Oprah Winfrey Visit MENTOR's website to find mentoring opportunities in your community. Maya Angelou Interview Listen to audio, or watch the video of Maya Angelou. Required for viewing: PSA Watch a public service announcement featuring Maya Angelou in support of National Mentoring Month Who Mentored Maya Angelou? Maya Angelou is hailed as one of the great voices of contemporary literature and as a remarkable Renaissance woman. She is a poet, educator, historian, best-selling author, actress, playwright, civil-rights activist, producer and director. Dr. Angelou has authored twelve best-selling books including I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings and her current best-seller A Song Flung Up to Heaven Mrs. Flowers took me to the library in the black school. The library was probably as large as a telephone booth. It may have had 110 books in it, maybe. She said, "I want you to read every book in this room." And I found poetry. And I loved it, I just loved it. I had no idea what it would sound like since I had never heard any recited, but I loved it. And I was able to translate it at 8, at 9, at 10. I consider that a lifeline, because finally, when I was about 12 and a half, almost 13, Mrs. Flowers who would allow me to come to her house and she would read to me when I was almost 13 she said, you will never really love poetry until you speak it, feel it come across your tongue, over your lips.

75. Maya Angelou's On The Pulse Of Morning angelou, maya . maya angelou s On the Pulse of Morning Electronic Text Center, University of Virginia Library. The entire work (5 KB) Table of Contents http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/public/AngPuls.html

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76. Houghton Mifflin Reading: 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 http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmr/mtai/angelou.html

@import "/kids/hmr/mtai/includes/styles.css"; Meet the Author 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. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, and raised in Stamps, Arkansas, by her grandmother, Angelou suffered tremendous hardships in her childhood and adolescence. By the time she was 17, she had a son and was living in San Francisco, California. There she became the city's first female African American streetcar conductor. After she started acting, Angelou began to write her own material. This work led her to meet the writer James Baldwin, who heard her tell stories about her childhood and challenged her to write them down. The result was the first volume of her autobiography, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1970), which covers her life up to age 16. Angelou followed this book with four other volumes of her life story, each covering a later period in her life. She is also an acclaimed poet. President Bill Clinton chose her to read her poem "On the Pulse of Morning" at his inauguration in 1993. Photography Credit Angelou Other Books Written by Maya Angelou I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Gather Together in My Name Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like Christmas The Heart of a Woman All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes Now Sheba Sings the Song (illustrated by Tom Feelings) Life Doesn't Frighten Me (illustrated by Jean-Michel Basquiat)

77. SSJCPL: Maya Angelou Southeast Branch Library The maya angelou Southeast Branch Library/Biblioteca offers computer workstations for general and Internet use, a reference collection, and a circulating http://www.stockton.lib.ca.us/angelou/

Branches City of Stockton Chavez Central Angelou Fair Oaks Troke Weston Ranch County Escalon Lathrop Linden Manteca ... Library News Search this website Home Library Catalog Services Web Guide ... Stockton, CA Stockton-San Joaquin County Public Library Maya Angelou Southeast Branch Library 2324 Pock Ln Stockton, CA 95205-7821 driving directions [Yahoo!] Alex Bailey, Branch Librarian From San Joaquin County: 866-805-READ (toll-free) From Stockton: 937-8221 From outside San Joaquin County: 209-937-8221 (long distance) Programs: Calendar Mon, Wed Noon - 8PM Tues, Thurs Fri, Sat Noon - 5PM Sun closed schedule exceptions Reserve a PC The Maya Angelou Southeast Branch Library/Biblioteca offers computer workstations for general and Internet use, a reference collection, and a circulating collection of library materials. The branch maintains Spanish and Hmong language collections significant to the overall collection of the Library. Newspapers and magazines are available for browsing. On Display Books and religious items on Judaism, a display prepared by Temple Israel librarian, Mary Anne Schermerhorn. Library News 'Why I am Grateful' Winner Announced Teens and Children Celebrate Summer Reading, Pictures are Here

78. 'Clothes' By Maya Angelou - Netlore Archive Poem purportedly written by maya angelou criticizes African Americans for buying clothing manufactured by allegedly racist companies. http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_maya_angelou.htm

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