“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.” -Maya Angelou Angelou was born April 4 , 1928 in St. Louis, Missouri. After Maya Angelou being raped , she became mute for while she thought that it was her fault.When she told her family what happened with Angelou mother's boyfriend , he was found murder the next day.. “Although born in St. Louis, Angelou spent much of her childhood in the care of her paternal grandmother in rural Stamps, Arkansas.” When she was not yet eight years old.despite Maya Angelou being raped, mute and racial discriminated thorugh out her whole life still managed to become a successful woman in her life. Maya Angelou was an inspirational leader due to her challenging background, contribution …show more content…
Angelou wrote the movie becoming the first African American woman , Georgia, Georgia (1972), she became one of the first African American women to have a screenplay produced as a feature film. Angelou did a few movies in 1972.Angelou got a nomination by Tony Awards because of her great performance in look away 1973.In 1940 Angelou moved to San Francisco and started to work as many things such as a cocktail waitress ,prostitute ,madam , cook , and a dancer which is when she got her professional name Maya Angelou. When she moved to New York in the late 1950s she started to focus on writing in a Harlem writer guide. Angelou was featured in a role in the state department. What this means is that she was a strong woman and fought for what she wanted to do. The writer did not give up and became successful in many things. Even so, Angelo managed to become a great …show more content…
Angelou ``.despite her lack of a college education, became a professor of American studies at Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina. “ The point is that Angelou did a lot of things in life and despite her lack of education still managed to get the chance to teach others American studies. Why this is an important quote in the essay is because she did what she wanted to do even though she did not have the best education to do it . Maya Angelou did not give up on doing it. She wanted to give others what she had learned. Her mother always told her that “When you get, give. When you learn, teach. That will take you all over the world!” and that is exactly what she