Maya Angelou: I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings

The reason I choose Maya Angelou is because she is a very inspirational person Maya Angelou describes minimal parts of her life in her poetry . Marguerite Annie Johnson Angelou was born April 4, 1928 to May 28, 2014 most people known her as Maya Angelou she was an American author, actress, screenwriter, dancer, poet and civil rights activist best known for her memoir , I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, which made literary history as the first nonfiction best-seller by an African-American woman. Angelou received several honors throughout her career, including two NAACP Image Awards in the outstanding literary work. Maya Angelou was born Marguerite Annie Johnson in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1928 her parents were Vivian Baxter and Bailey Johnson.they

Louis. Angelou told her brother Bailey and he told the family. Freeman was arrested, but served only one day in jail for his brutality. Four days after his release, he was found dead. There were rumors that Angelou’s uncles sought revenge. Maya believed she was the cause of his death . Angelou became mute for almost five years. In “I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings,” her first autobiography she wrote,she thought she killed him because she told her family his name. And then she thought she would never speak again, because her voice would kill

through the things she been threw she deserved to be stressed free her favorite quote she wrote was “if you don't like something change it’. Maya is very stubborn and refuse to give up. Maya said if you only have one smile give it to the people you love. She played in many movies . Maya Angelou is someone who believed greatly in the equality for people. Because of her experiences, she has learned a lot and this knowledge can be reflected in her written work. Her work reflects her life and how she wants everyone to be treated equally. Maya Angelou is the author of many poems dealing with deep themes that leave the reader to really think about the subject that is being presented. One of these themes deals with equality for everyone. Maya Angelou wrote many poems with equality themes because she lived in the same time period a, and worked with great civil rights leaders. She lived during the 1960’s big push for racial equality and during the big civil rights movement. “As a civil rights activist, Angelou worked for Dr. Martin Luther King and Malcolm X. She worked with many different and important leaders, she was really involved in trying to make equality for