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Born April1928
Maya was born in St.Louis Missouri. -
Parents got divorced
Maya's parents got divorced when she was just 3 years old. -
Moved back with mother
Maya decided to back in with her mother so thats what her and her brother did -
Moved back to her grandmothers house again
Maya was sexually abussed by her mothers boyfriend and decided to move back with her grandmother once again. -
Her Biography
Maya publishes her first Biography "I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings" which explains her chilhood. -
Moves back with her mother once again.
Maya moves back with her mother but only this time in San Francisco where she is now attending high school. -
hides uncle
they are in deep concern for their uncles safety and warned by another black man that another black man earlier today went off on a white women and now white men are goign out for revenge -
Maya's teacher
Bertha Flowers was one of mayas teachers in high school that coaxed maay into speaking again. After a few months she started talking, she dropped out of high school and worked as a cable car conductor -
Maya return back to high school
Maya returned backk to high school pregnant and gaev birth to a boy that she named Clyde. whilein highschool she worked a a cook and waitress. -
Baliey Traumatized
bailey is traumatized after he finds a dead black man in the white part of town. He claims that its been there for a while becasue it smells rotten -
wins world championship for boxing
a black man wins the world championship fighting fo rthe first time. Maya feels not only did he prove that the black can win but also that they are the most powerful -
Bailey finds love
Bailey becoms aquainted with a girl names joyce. Soon they start to like each other, she is considered baileys first love -
chpt 32
after mayas stab wound she goes and lives on the street 1 month. she didn't tell anyone where she was or where she was going -
Maya gets married
Maya finally decides to get maried to a greek sailor. Her new husbands name was Tosh Angelos -
Her first poem
The first poem Maya has written was "Just Give Me A Cool Drink Of Water, 'Fore I Diie". It was featured in a famous play called "Cabaret Freedom" -
chpt 34
maya decides she wants a boyfriend but when she realizes nobody wants her she has sex with a boy down teh street and she later on finds out shes pregnant -
she tries finding a job chpt 34
maya goes out and tries to find a job when at the same time nobody believes she can do it and at this point shes very determined to prove them wrong. -
chpt 33
after living on the street for one month, Maya decides to move back home with Bailey and her mother -
chpt 31
Maya and Delores get into a fight after her and her father return from mexico. Delores stabs her in the side out of rage -
chpt 27
WW2 begins and Maya sees a change in the San Francisco society and town -
Mayas son chpt 36
Maya has her new born son and begins her life fresh and as a new mother.