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In 1993, Angelou recited her poem 'On the Pulse of Morning' at President Bill Clinton's inauguration, the first poet to make an inaugural recitation since Robert Frost at John F.

Since the 1990s she has made around eighty appearances a year on the lecture circuit, something she continued into her eighties. She was active in the Civil Rights movement, and worked with both Martin Luther King and Malcolm X. Since 1991, she has taught at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, where she holds the first lifetime Reynolds Professorship of American Studies. The first, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969), tells of her life up to the age of seventeen, and brought her international recognition and acclaim.Īngelou's long list of occupations has included pimp, prostitute, night-club dancer and performer, cast-member of the musical Porgy and Bess, coordinator for Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Southern Christian Leadership Conference, author, journalist in Egypt and Ghana during the days of decolonization, and actor, writer, director, and producer of plays, movies, and public television programs.

SOME OF MAYA ANGELOU POEMS SERIES

Angelou is best known for her series of seven autobiographies, which focus on her childhood and early adult experiences. She received dozens of awards and over thirty honorary doctoral degrees. She published seven autobiographies, three books of essays, and several books of poetry, and is credited with a list of plays, movies, and television shows spanning more than fifty years.

Maya Angelou (born Marguerite Ann Johnson Ap– May 28, 2014) was an American author and poet.

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