The Embodiment of Poetry
"Maya Angelou was born as Marguerite Annie Johnson in St. Louis, Missouri"("Maya Angelou Biography" 1). "Maya and her brother, Bailey, moved to Stamp, Arkansas, to live with their grandmother after their parents divorced." "While living in Stamps, she faced racial discrimination that was the legally enforced way of life in the South, but she also absorbed the deep religious faith and old fashioned courtesy of traditional African American life." "Her brother, Bailey was unable to pronounce her name as a young child so he called her "My" as in "My sister." "After a few years, he started calling her "Maya" when he read about the Maya Indians." "When she turned seven, she went to Chicago to visit her mother 's during
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Martin Luther King, Jr." "She began working on her first book, I know why the Caged Bird Sings, after Dr. King was assassinated on her birthday in 1968." "Her book was later published in 1970 with widespread critical acclaim and enormous popular success" ("Maya Angelou Biography" …show more content…
Angelou was honored with the Presidential Medal of the Arts; she received the Ford 's Theatre Lincoln Medal in 2008." "In 2011, President Barack Obama awarded her the nation 's highest civilian honor, The Presidential Medal of Freedom"("Maya Angelou Biography" 1)
"Maya Angelou has published more than thirty titles of works" ("Maya Angelou Biography" 1). She has inspired numerous students, women, and people around the world. Throughout her life of ups and downs, Maya never gave up on her dreams and ended up living an amazing life. "Unfortunately, Maya Angelou passed away on May 28, 2014" ("Maya Angelou Biography"