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in St. Louis, Missouri. Born Marguerite Annie Johnson
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When Angelou was three, she was sent to Stamps, AR with her brother, Bailey.
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Angelou had a son, his name is Guy.
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Angelou was the coordinator for Martin Luther King Jr.'s Southern Christian Leadership Conference
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Angelou and her son moved to Cairo where Angelou worked as an associate editor at the weekly English-language newspaper "The Arab Observer".
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Angelou and her son Guy moved to Accra, Ghana. She became an administrator at the University of Ghana, and was active in the African-American expatriate community.She was a feature editor for The African Review, a freelance writer for the Ghanaian Times, wrote and broadcast for Radio Ghana, and worked and performed for Ghana's National Theatre.
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While in Ghana, Angelou became close friends with Malcolm X and returned to the U.S. to help him build the Organization of Afro-American Unity.
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Maya Angelou releases her autobiography about the early years of her life
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Her third volume of poetry. Made up of 32 short poems.
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Poem written for the Inauguration that quickly became extremely popular
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Maya Angelou read, "On the Pulse of Morning," at President Bill Clinton's inauguration
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Angelou received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Barack Obama
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86 years old in Winston-Salem, NC