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Marguerite Annie Johnson is born
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Her and her brother move to back to St. Louis to live with their mother
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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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Marries Tosh Angelos
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Tours with the opera Porgy and Bess
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Records her first album "Miss Calypso"
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She moves to New York to pursue a writing career
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Wrote "I Know Why Caged Bird Sings"
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Receives a Pulitzer Prize Nomination
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Marries Paul de Feu
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Won a Grammy Award
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Awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom
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Maya Angelou's death