Who Was?: Who Was Maya Angelou?

By Dede Putra, Ellen Labrecque

4.00 JOD

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ISBN: 9780448488530

Publisher: Grosset and Dunlap

Binding: Paperback

Number of Pages: 112

Publication Date: 14-Jan-16

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Discover the power of words with Maya Angelou, bestselling author and Americas most beloved modern poet. Born in Missouri in 1928, Maya Angelou had a difficult childhood. Jim Crow laws segregated blacks and whites in the South. Her family life was unstable at times. But much like her poem, “Still I Rise,” Angelou was able to lift herself out of her situation and flourish. She moved to California and became the first black – and first female – streetcar operator before following her interest in dance. She became a professional performer in her twenties and toured the U.S. and Europe as an opera star and calypso dancer. But Angelous writing became her defining talent. Her poems and books, including I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, brought her international acclaim.

Ellen Labrecque is a former Senior Editor for Sports Illustrated for Kids and the author of over twenty nonfiction books for young readers, including biographies of Jim Thorpe and Magic Johnson.

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Ellen Labrecque is a former Senior Editor for Sports Illustrated for Kids and the author of over twenty nonfiction books for young readers, including biographies of Jim Thorpe and Magic Johnson.

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Discover the power of words with Maya Angelou, bestselling author and Americas most beloved modern poet. Born in Missouri in 1928, Maya Angelou had a difficult childhood. Jim Crow laws segregated blacks and whites in the South. Her family life was unstable at times. But much like her poem, "Still I Rise," Angelou was able to lift herself out of her situation and flourish. She moved to California and became the first black - and first female - streetcar operator before following her interest in dance. She became a professional performer in her twenties and toured the U.S. and Europe as an opera star and calypso dancer. But Angelous writing became her defining talent. Her poems and books, including I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, brought her international acclaim.