What would you do if you were so terrified you would not talk for a few years? Marguerite Annie Johnson (A.K.A) Maya Angelou, she was raped by her mom’s boyfriend. She was a famous singer, poet, and dancer, and author. She made many books and poems. And she has helped people who were treated poorly. She was a spokesperson for the blacks and women and for other people who were committed to raising the moral standards of living in the U.S (poetryfoundation.org). Maya Angelou was a black woman who overcame many things in her life growing up. She overcame racist people, and many mean people during her life. She overcame all those and became Hollywood’s first famous black woman. She was famous for her books, poems. After her parents got divorced, her and her older brother had to move in with their grandparents for a while. (wikipedia.org). …show more content…
She was born as Marguerite Annie Johnson. When she was only 3 years old, her parents got divorced. And when she was 7-8 years old, her mom’s boyfriend raped her. Where she was born, there was a lot of racist and mean people. (biography.com). When her parents got divorced, she felt like she was alone, she didn’t have both her parents to look up to. She didn’t have a parent to talk to about certain things. And when she got raped, she was really scared and wanted to tell her mom and the police, but she was too scared and terrified. (biography.com). She felt lonely and like she had no parent to talk to about certain