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Maya Angelou/ "I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings"

She's A Novelist, Educator, Movie Director, Actress, Journalist, Dancer, Screenwriter, Playwright And Poet. And Of The Countless Writings She Has Produced, Dr, Maya Angelou Is Still Most Associated With The First And Most Famous Of Her Six-Volume Series Of Autobiographies, I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings, Published April 16, 1970.

A Popular And Controversial Work, I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings Deals, Poignantly, With The Topics Of s*x Racism And Religion, Among Others. It Appears Third On The American Literary Association's List Of The 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books Of 1990–2000 Caged Bird Was Nominated For A National Book Award in 1970 And Remained On The New York Times Best Seller List For Two Years.

Maya Angelou Has Had A Very Interesting Life. At The Age Of 15, She Became The First Black Streetcar Conductor In San Francisco. She Appeared In The Opera, Porgy And Bess In 1954, And Taught At The University Of Ghana From 1963 To 1967.

She Worked As An Editor For The Arab Observer, An English-Language Weekly Published in Cairo And Authored The BLACK FAMILY PLEDGE.

She Was Nominated For An Emmy, For Her Role As Kunta Kinte's Grandmother In The Television Milestone, Roots. And In 1975, Ladies Home Journal Named Her "Woman Of The Year" In Communications.

In January 1993 She Was Invited To President Bill Clinton's Inauguration, Where She Read A Poem She Wrote Especially For That Event. The Poem Was Titled "On The Pulse Of Morning," And Broadcast To Millions Around The Globe.

Dr. Angelou Has Received Over 30 Honorary Degrees And Is Currently Reynolds Professor Of American Studies At Wake Forest University, In Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

"Still I Rise"







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