Maya Angelou was born April 4, 1928 as a Marguerite Johnson in St. Louis, was raised in segregation rural Arkansas. She is a poet, historian, author, actress, playwright, civil-right activist, producer and director. She lectures throughout the US and abroad and is Reynolds professor of American Studies at Wake Forest University in North Carolina since 1981. She has published ten best selling books and numerous magazine articles earning her Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award nominations.
At the request of President Clinton, she wrote and delivered a poem at his 1993 presidential inauguration. Dr. Angelou, who speaks French, Spanish, Italian and West African Franti, began her career in drama and dance. She married a Sou
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