Maya Angelou
I chose to research Maya Angelou, an eloquent female poet whose strength of character and willingness to communicate honestly and openly through her poetry has won her international acclaim.
Born Marguerite Johnson in 1928 in St. Louis, Missouri, Angelou's family life could be described as tumultuous at best. Her parents divorced when she was only three years of age and, upon this devastating occurrence, she and her older brother Bailey were literally shipped with baggage tags identifying them from their home in Long Beach, California to their grandmother in Stamps, Arkansas, a small town characterized by rampant racism.
Exceedingly tall and gangly, with knappy black hair, the young Angelou desperately wished to be a petite white woman. Her physical awkwardness caused her to be a relative introvert, constantly reading and focusing on her educational development. Angelou's academic determination reflected the maturity she possessed as a result of her endurance of......
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