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- mother: Vivian Baxter Johnson siblings: Bailey Johnson Jr. children: Guy Johnson Partner: Vusumzi Make (1961–1962) Born Country: United States Poets American Women Height: 6'0" (183 cm), 6'0" Females Died on: May 28, 2014
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[note 14] Angelou's mother Vivian Baxter died in 1991 and her brother Bailey Johnson Jr., died in 2000 after a series of strokes; both were important figures in her life and her books. [ 110 ] [ note 15 ] In 1981, the mother of her grandson disappeared with him; finding him took four years.
Sep 4, 2024 · Maya Angelou (born April 4, 1928, St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.—died May 28, 2014, Winston-Salem, North Carolina) was an American poet, memoirist, and actress whose several volumes of autobiography explore the themes of economic, racial, and sexual oppression.
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- Maya Angelou was an American poet, memoirist, and actress whose several volumes of autobiography explore the themes of economic, racial, and sexual...
- Maya Angelou’s first autobiographical work, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969), gained critical acclaim and a National Book Award nomination. H...
- In addition to writing, Maya Angelou was a dancer who studied with Martha Graham and Pearl Primus. She acted onstage, in films, and on television i...
- Maya Angelou was awarded the National Medal of Arts (2000) and the Presidential Medal of Freedom (2010). She won three Grammy Awards for her spoken...
Oct 13, 2015 · Vivian survived for another year and a half in North Carolina, her daughter said. Then, when it became clear to Angelou that her mother had reached the end, she took one Vivian's own pieces of wisdom and applied it in a gesture of loving compassion.
Jan 16, 2024 · Maya Angelou was born Marguerite Ann Johnson on April 4, 1928, in St. Louis. She had a difficult childhood.
May 7, 2013 · Photo: Dwight Carter. In her new memoir Mom & Me & Mom, Maya Angelou explains how she reconnected with the mother who abandoned her during her childhood, but who came to be a strong, vital force in her adult life. An Oprah.com Excerpt: By the time I was twenty-two, I was living in San Francisco.
Maya Angelou was born Marguerite Annie Johnson on April 4, 1928, in St. Louis, Missouri, USA, to Bailey, a doorman and navy dietician, and Vivian Johnson, a nurse and card dealer. Marguerite had an older brother, Bailey Jr., and the two lived with their parents till the former was three years old.
Returning to her mother’s care briefly at the age of seven, Angelou was raped by her mother’s boyfriend. He was later jailed and then killed when released from jail. Believing that her confession of the trauma had a hand in the man’s death, Angelou became mute for six years.
