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Born
Maya Angelou was born April 4, 1928, in St. Louis, Missouri -
Birth of her first son, Guy Johnson
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Maya Angelou becomes the first black female streetcar conductor
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Maya Angelou marries Tosh Angelos
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Maya becomes a nightclub singer
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Maya tours with the opera group Porgy and Bess
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Maya records her first album Miss Calypso
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Maya joins the Harlem Writers Guild in NY
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Maya Angelou publishes I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings
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Maya marries Paul du Feu
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Maya wins the American Freedom award
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Death
Maya Angelou died on May 28, 2014, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.