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Birth
Maya Angelou was born in St. Louis Missouri -
Maya Angelou Gives Birth to Guy Johnson
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Maya Angelou Became the First Black Female Streetcar Conductor
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Maya Angelou records her first album Miss Calypso
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Angelou Becomes Northern Coordinator for the SCLC
Maya Angelou, a single mother and struggling actress, accepted the position of northern coordinator for the New York office of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) -
Angelou Marries Vusumzi Make
In late 1960 Angelou met Vusumzi Make, a South African freedom fighter. The two were married in January 1961 -
Maya Angelou Publishes I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings
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Just Give Me A Cool Drink of Water 'Fore I Diiie
Just Give Me A Cool Drink of Water 'Fore I Diiie was published; a collection of her poems -
Maya Angelou receives Pulitzer Prize Nomination
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Georgia, Georgia first script by an African American woman to be filmed
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First Female Poet for a President's Inauguration
She was the first female inaugural poet in U.S. presidential history. In 1993 Angelou recited her poem, "On the Pulse of Morning," for President Bill Clinton's inauguration. She became the first African American poet and first female poet to participate in a recitation for a U.S. president's inauguration. -
On the Pulse of Morning is published
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Maya Angelou was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
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Death
Maya Angelou dies