01214nam a22001817a 4500 63315 63315 9780448488530 818.5409 Labrecque, Ellen Who was Maya Angelou? Ellen Labrecque New York Penguin Workshop 2016 105 Pages 19x13 cm PB The New York Times Best- Selling Series Include Illustration and Bibliography 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 Angelou's writing became her defining talent. Her poems and books, including <i>I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings</i>, brought her international acclaim. Angelou, Maya African American women authors Illustrated by Putra, Dede BK 0 0 0 818_540900000000000_L112M_2016 0 FIC 61709 GPL GPL CHILD 2021-04-03 CRV/177/Gt-21/GPLM 535.00 1 818.5409 L112M 2016 65943 2022-08-13 2022-08-11 2021-04-03 BK