The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with Maya Angelou

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The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with Maya Angelou

8/31/2010

https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/A2010.109

Poet Maya Angelou (1928 - 2014 ) was the author of the famed autobiography I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, and the Reynolds Professor of American Studies at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Angelou was interviewed by The HistoryMakers on 8/31/2010, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. This collection is comprised of the video footage of the interview.

Total Sessions: 1; Total Tapes: 2; Total Run Time: 00h 58m 29s

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Angelou, Maya, 1928-2014

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Maya Angelou (b. Marguerite Annie Johnson, April 4, 1928, St. Louis, MO–d. May 28, 2014, Winston-Salem, NC) was an American poet, singer, memoirist, and civil rights activist. She published seven autobiographies, three books of essays, several books of poetry, and was credited with a list of plays, movies, and television shows spanning over 50 years. She became a poet and writer after a series of occupations as a young adult, including fry cook, sex worker, nightclub dancer and performer, c...