MAYA ANGELOUThe Woman behind the Words

By Suzette Ragland

The Early Year

Marqurite Annie Johnson later became Maya

Angelou. Angelou’s mother and father divorced when

she was three and her and her brother went to

live with their grandmother. Later she

was rape and because of her not speaking she

was teased by the other kids and one teacher

took her and work with her and Mrs. Flower was

a inspirer for her she begin to speak and write

poems.

A RENAISSANCE WOMAN

Calypso Lady in 1957 Georgia, Georgia Look Away First Poet used at an inauguration

“You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them. Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud. Do not Complain. Make every effort to change things you do not like. If you cannot make a change, change the way you have been thinking. You might find a new solution.” Maya Angelou

American Poet, Writer, Performer,

Teacher, Director, and Civil Rights activist.

1993 Presents “On the Pulse of the Moring” at President Clinton’s inauguration

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDtw62Ah2zY

“I say,” “Phenomenal woman,” and “That’s me.”

Maya Angelou

Knowledge is a very powerful tool, live love and enjoy life

Maya Angelo a woman with a dream