Maya Angelou was quite an important person. Even though she had a rough childhood, she braved on. She continued on to write many works and poems, along with many other things. She also knew a few other famous people who were close to her, and some of these people even inspired or helped her to create some of the thing the praised for today. Maya Angelou is a very interesting person in my opinion. Maya Angelou, originally named Marguerite was born on April 4th, in St. Louis, Missouri, and died on May 28, 2014. She has a brother, Bailey, who were both sent to live with their fathers mother, Anne Henderson, in Stamps, Arkansas, when Maya was about 3 years old. This was because her parents split up at around that time. About 4 years