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Maya Angelou is born
She was born Marguerite Annie Johnson on April 4, 1928, in
St. Louis, Missouri. -
Cable Car Conductor
She dropped out of school and became San Francisco's first African American cable car operator. -
Dance Team
Angelou formed a dance team, calling themselves "Al and Rita", and performed dance at Black organizations throughout San Francisco but never became successful -
Nightclub Singer
She began her career as a singer and took on the name Maya Angelou. -
First Album
She released her first album called Miss Calypso -
Civil Rights Leader
She became the northern coordinator for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference at the request of MLK -
Egyptian Journalist
Worked as editor of English language weekly The Arab Observer -
College Professor
Taught at the University of Ghana's music school -
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Her most famous novel is published -
Georgia, Georgia.
She writes the screenplay for Georgia, Georgia. It is nominated for a Pulitzer prize. -
Award Winner
Received the Ladies' Home Journal Award -
Clinton Inauguration
She recited her poem "On the Pulse of the Morning" at the inauguration of Clinton, she later received a Grammy for it. -
Film Director
She directed her first feature film "Down in the Delta" -
Radio Host
She became a talk show host on the Sirius XM channel Oprah and Friends -
Maya Angelou Dies
She dies in her home in Winston-Salem, NC. She had been getting frail according to her literary agent.