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Life and career. Born to a Jewish family, [1] Pinkner graduated from Pikesville High School in Baltimore, Maryland in 1983, Northwestern University in 1987, and Harvard Law School in 1990. [citation needed] He is known for his work on Alias where he served as executive producer. In 2006 and 2007, he worked as an executive producer and writer ...
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May 28, 2014 · This morning, celebrated poet, author, and activist Maya Angelou died at the age of 86 in her home in North Carolina. Angelou was born Marguerite Johnson in St. Louis in 1928 and wrote...
May 28, 2014 · Maya Angelou was poet, novelist, educator, producer, actress, filmmaker, dancer and civil rights activist. Maya Angelou by Ross Rossin, 2013. National Portrait Gallery, gift of Andrew J. Young ...
Jan 3, 2022 · By Sarah Ramirez and Jennifer Schneider of the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative. This month you can hold American women's history in the palm of your hand. The U.S. Mint has released a new quarter featuring writer and activist Dr. Maya Angelou. Angelou is the first named Black woman featured on U.S. money.
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- Just Give Me A Cool Drink of Water ’Fore I Diiie
- “On The Pulse of Morning”
- I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings
- Gather Together in My Name
- The Heart of A Woman
- All God’s Children Need Traveling Shoes
- Wouldn’T Take Nothing For My Journey Now
- A Song Flung Up to Heaven
- Letter to My Daughter
- Mom & Me & Mom
Angelou published several collections of poetry, but her most famous was 1971’s collection Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water ’fore I Diiie, which was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. Other famous collections of Angelou’s poetry include: 1. Oh Pray My Wings Are Gonna Fit Me Well (1975), which includes Angelou’s poem “Alone,” 2. And Still I Rise(19...
One of her most famous works, Angelou wrote the poem “On the Pulse of Morning” for President Bill Clinton’s inaugural ceremony in January 1993. Her recitation at the ceremony marked the first inaugural poem reading since 1961, when Robert Frost delivered “The Gift Outright” at John F. Kennedy’s inauguration. Angelou went on to win a Grammy Award fo...
Angelou’s friend and fellow writer James Baldwin urged her to write about her life experiences. The resulting work was the enormously successful 1969 memoir about her childhood and young adult years, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. The poignant story made literary history as the first nonfiction bestseller by a Black woman. The book, which made An...
Angelou’s follow-up to I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, this 1974 memoir covers her life as an unemployed teenage mother in California, when she turned to narcotics and prostitution.
Angelou crafted this 1981 memoir about leaving California with her son for New York, where she took part in the Civil Rights Movement.
A lyrical exploration about what it means to be an African American in Africa, this autobiographical book was published in 1986 and covers the years Angelou spent living in Ghana.
This inspirational essay collection from 1994 features Angelou’s insights about spirituality and living well.
Another autobiographical work, A Song Flung Up to Heaven (2002) explores Angelou’s return from Africa to the United States and her ensuing struggle to cope with the devastating assassinations of two human rights leaders with whom she worked: Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. King was killed on Angelou’s 40th birthday, leading the author to stop ...
Dedicated to a daughter Angelou never had, this 2008 book of essays features Angelou’s advice for young women about living a life of meaning.
In this 2013 memoir, Angelou discusses her complicated relationship with her mother who abandoned her during childhood.
Mar 31, 2024 · Maya Angelou, American poet, memoirist, and actress whose several volumes of autobiography explore the themes of economic, racial, and sexual oppression. She is perhaps best known for her autobiographical work I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969).
Maya Angelou (/ ˈ æ n dʒ ə l oʊ / ⓘ AN-jə-loh; born Marguerite Annie Johnson; April 4, 1928 – May 28, 2014) was an American memoirist, poet, and civil rights activist. She published seven autobiographies, three books of essays, several books of poetry, and is credited with a list of plays, movies, and television shows spanning over 50 ...
