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Marguerite Ann Johnson was born in St. Louis Missouri
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First Job
Maya Angelou took her first job as the first black streetcar conductor in San Francisco while on a break from high school. -
Acting Career
Maya Angelou got a part in the musical Porgy and Bess -
Harlem Writers Guild
Maya Angelou joined the Harlem Writers Guild which was designed to support African-American authors. -
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Martin Luther King Jr. asked Maya Angelou to lead the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. -
Newspaper Editor
Maya Angelou became the newspaper editor for The Arab Observer. -
I Know Why the Caged Birds Sing
Maya Angelou published the autobiography of her life, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. -
Pulitzer Prize
Just Give me a Drink of Water 'fore I Die was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. -
National Commission on the Observance of International Women's Year
Maya Angelou was appointed to the National Commission on the Observance of International Women's Year by President Jimmy Carter. -
Grammy 1
Maya Angelou won a Grammy for the spoken album On the Pulse of the Morning. -
Grammy 2
Maya Angelou won another Grammy for the spoken album Phenomenal Woman. -
Grammy 3
Maya Angelou won her last Grammy for A Song Flung Up to Heaven -
Wake Forest University Writers Hall of Fame
Maya Angelou was inducted into the Wake Forest University Writers Hall of Fame -
Maya Angelou passed away