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Birth of Maya
St. Louis MO -
Maya gets Married
She marries Tosh Angelos, greek electrician -
Maya gets divorced
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Maya releases an album
Mrs. Calypso -
Maya meets John Oliver Killens
He encourages her to start her writing career. -
Maya creates Cabaret for Freedom
She does this after meeting Martin Luther King Jr. -
Maya turns Commie
She began her pro-Castro and anti-apartheid activism -
Maya writes "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"
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Maya organizes a Civil Rights March
Martin Luther King is assassinated on her 40th birthday soon after. -
Maya wrote Blacks, Blues, and Black
She also produced and narrated it. -
Maya produces a Swedish Film
First produced screenplay by a black woman. It's called "Georgia" -
Appears in TV Series, "Roots"
Won many awards. -
Death of Maya
