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Maya Angelou became one of the most renowned and influential voices of our time. With over 50 honorary doctorate degrees Dr. Maya Angelou became a celebrated poet, memoirist, educator, dramatist, producer, actress, historian, filmmaker, and civil rights activist.
Angelou, an American author, poet and civil rights activist, rose to prominence with the publication of “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” in 1969. Angelou, who died in 2014 at the age of 86, was honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2010 by President Barack Obama.
Maya Angelou, orig. Marguerite Johnson, (born April 4, 1928, St. Louis, Mo., U.S.—died May 28, 2014, Winston-Salem, N.C.), U.S. poet. She was raped at age eight and went through a period of muteness.
