Maya Angelou

  • Maya Angelou is born.

  • Angelou is sent to Stamps, Arkansas.

  • Angelou marries Tosh Angelos.

  • Angelou releases the album Miss Calypso.

  • Angelou moves to New York.

  • Martin Luther King Jr. requests that Angelou becomes the northern coordinator for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.

  • Angelou receives the Chubb Fellowship award from Yale University.

  • "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" is published.

  • "The Heart of a Woman" is published.

  • Angelou receives Langston Hughes Medal.

  • Angelou receives the Mother Teresa Award.

  • Maya Angelou dies.