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Maya Angelou is born
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Her and her brother move back to St. Louis to live with their mom
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She is sexually abused by her mother's boyfriend
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She became the first black cable car conductor in San Francisco
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She gives birth to her only child, Clyde
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She moves to New York to pursue a writing career
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She moves to Egypt and is an editor for the Arab Observer
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She moves back to US and works with Malcolm X to set up the Organization of Afro-American Unity
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She wrote I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings
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She is nominated for a Tony award for her performance in Look Away
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She won a grammy award
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She receives the Presidential Medal of Freedom from Barack Obama
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She finishes her seventh and last autobiography, Mom & Me & Mom.
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Maya Angelou dies