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Maya Angelou: Summary

Recent Role:: Herself on Iconoclasts

Birthday:: 4-4-1928

Birthplace:: St. Louis, Missouri (USA)

Birth Name:: Marguerite Annie Johnson

Maya Angelou is hailed as one of the great voices of contemporary literature and as a remarkable Renaissance woman. Being a poet, educator, historian, best-selling author, actress, playwright, civil-rights activist, producer and director, Dr. Angelou continues to travel the world making appearances, spreading her legendary wisdom. A mesmerizing vision of grace, swaying and stirring when she...

Dave Chappelle and Maya Angelou (Episode Clip 1)

Dave Chappelle meets Maya Angelou for the first time.

Posted: 11/29/06
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Dr. Martin Luther King's assassination, falling on her birthday in 1968, left her devastated.(edit)
Her uncle killed her mother's boyfriend (because she admitted to him that her mother's boyfriend had molested her) and she did not speak to anyone except her brother for five entire years after the murder. She later said that she felt that her words had killed the man.(edit)
On December 1, 2005, Maya Angelou visited the White House, when she delivered her poem, Amazing Peace at the lighting of the National Christmas Tree at the White House.
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1975-1976, Maya Angelou was appointed a member of American Revolution Bicentennial Council by President Gerald R. Ford.(edit)
In 1977, Maya Angelou appeared in the film Roots.(edit)