Maya Angelou

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African American writer author civil rights activist director human memoirist poet professor screenwriter

Maya Angelou was a renowned African American poet, memoirist, and civil rights activist best known for her autobiographical work "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings."

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Maya Angelou canonical	44

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instanceOf	African American writer ⓘ author ⓘ civil rights activist ⓘ director ⓘ human ⓘ memoirist ⓘ poet ⓘ professor ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ
awardReceived	National Medal of Arts ⓘ Presidential Medal of Freedom ⓘ Spingarn Medal ⓘ
birthName	Marguerite Annie Johnson ⓘ
causeOfDeath	natural causes ⓘ
child	Guy Johnson ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1928-04-04 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	2014-05-28 ⓘ
educatedAt	California Labor School ⓘ
employer	Wake Forest University ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Black Americans ⓘ surface form: African American
familyName	Johnson ⓘ
fullName	Maya Angelou self-link ⓘ
genre	autobiography ⓘ essay ⓘ poetry ⓘ
givenName	Marguerite ⓘ
influenced	Oprah Winfrey ⓘ contemporary African American literature ⓘ
influencedBy	Malcolm X ⓘ Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
movement	American civil rights movement ⓘ surface form: American Civil Rights Movement
notableWork	A Song Flung Up to Heaven ⓘ All God’s Children Need Traveling Shoes ⓘ And Still I Rise ⓘ Gather Together in My Name ⓘ I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings ⓘ Mom & Me & Mom ⓘ On the Pulse of Morning ⓘ Phenomenal Woman ⓘ Singin’ and Swingin’ and Gettin’ Merry Like Christmas ⓘ The Heart of a Woman ⓘ
occupation	civil rights activist ⓘ memoirist ⓘ poet ⓘ professor ⓘ writer ⓘ
placeOfBirth	St. Louis, Missouri, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Winston-Salem, North Carolina ⓘ surface form: Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States
positionHeld	Reynolds Professor of American Studies at Wake Forest University ⓘ
pseudonym	Maya Angelou ⓘ
readBy	Bill Clinton ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
residence	Winston-Salem, North Carolina ⓘ surface form: Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States
sexOrGender	female ⓘ
spouse	Paul du Feu ⓘ Tosh Angelos ⓘ
wrote	A Song Flung Up to Heaven ⓘ All God’s Children Need Traveling Shoes ⓘ And Still I Rise ⓘ Gather Together in My Name ⓘ I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings ⓘ Mom & Me & Mom ⓘ On the Pulse of Morning ⓘ The Heart of a Woman ⓘ

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Singin’ and Swingin’ and Gettin’ Merry Like Christmas → author → Maya Angelou ⓘ

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The Heart of a Woman → author → Maya Angelou ⓘ

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All God’s Children Need Traveling Shoes → author → Maya Angelou ⓘ

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A Song Flung Up to Heaven → author → Maya Angelou ⓘ

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Mom & Me & Mom → author → Maya Angelou ⓘ

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And Still I Rise → author → Maya Angelou ⓘ

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Phenomenal Woman → author → Maya Angelou ⓘ

On the Pulse of Morning → author → Maya Angelou ⓘ

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subject surface form: Guy Johnson

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