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Birth
Maya Angelou was born in St. Louis, Missouri by the name of Marguerite Annie Johnson -
Maya Angelou is sent to Stamps, Arkansas
Angelou and her brother, Bailey, were sent to stay with her father's mother upon the collapse of her parents' marriage -
Maya Angelou is sent to St. Louis
Maya and her brother are taken back to their mother in St. Louis by their father. -
Angelou moves to San Francisco
Maya Angelou and her brother moved to live with their mother the year after Angelou graduated eight grade -
High school graduation
Angelou graduated high school and became pregnant at sixteen-years-old with a son -
Coordinator of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Dr. Martain Luther King appointed Angelou as the Northern Coordinator of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference -
Moving to Egypt
Along with her civil rights activist boyfriend, Vusumzi Make, Angelou moved her son to Egypt and worked as an editor for the "Arab Observer" -
Moving to Ghana
After separating from her boyfriend, Angelou moved with her son to Ghana -
Return to the United States
Angelou returned to the US from Ghana -
"I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" Publication
Maya Angelou's first memoir is published -
Angelou becomes a professor
Angelou became the Reynolds Professor of American Studies at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina -
Langston Hughes Medal
Angelou was awarded for her African-American cultural heritage writing -
Inauguration of Bill Clinton
Maya was appointed to read her poem, "On the Pulse of Morning" at the ceremony -
Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
President Barack Obama awarded Maya Angelou with the highest United States civilian award -
Death
Angelou died in Winston-Salem, NC
