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."

Statements (66)

Predicate	Object
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	African American →
familyName	Johnson →
fullName	Maya Angelou →
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 →
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 NERFINISHED →
placeOfDeath	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, 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 →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
The Dreamer/The Believer →	featuresArtist
Maya Angelou →	fullName
African American literature →	hasNotableAuthor
Poetic Justice →	hasPoetryBy
Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album →	notableWinner
Maya Angelou →	pseudonym
Poetic Justice →	starring