• Marguerite Annie Johnson was born April 4, 1928 in St. Louis, Missouri
• Attended George Washington High School
• Poet, Novelist, Civil Rights Activist, Educator
• Actress, Producer, Historian, Filmmaker
• Over 50 honorary degrees
• Album – Miss Calypso – 1957
• Actress – The Blacks – 1961
• Northern Coordinator for the Southern Christian Leadership
• Autobiography – I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings – 1969
• Poetry – Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water Before I Diiie – 1971
• Award – Coretta Scott King Honor – 1971
• Screenplay – Georgia, Georgia – 1972
• Actress – Look Away – 1973
• Poetry – And Still I Rise – 1978
• Autobiography – The Heart of a Woman – 1981
• Poetry – I Shall Not Be Moved  – 1990
• Award – Langston Hughes Medal – 1991
• Award – Horatio Alger – 1992
• Poetry – On the Pulse of Morning – 1993
• Poetry – Phenomenal Woman – 1995
• Director – Down in the Delta – 1996
• Award – Presidential Medal of Arts – 2000
• Award – Lincoln Medal – 2008
• Autobiography – Mom & Me & Mom – 2013
• Maya Angelou passed away on May 28, 2014 at the age of 86

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