maya angelou

     

Maya Angelou (IPA: /ˈmaɪə ˈænʒəloʊ/), (born Marguerite Ann Johnson, April 4, 1928) is an American poet, memoirist, actress and an important figure in the American Civil Rights Movement. Angelou is known for her series of six autobiographies, starting with I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, (1969) which was nominated for a National Book Award and called her magnum opus. Her volume of poetry, Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'Fore I Diiie (1971) was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize.

Trivia about maya angelou

  • She has over 30 honorary degrees, wrote a poem for Clinton's first inauguration & now has a line of Hallmark Cards
  • In 1998 this poet & author made her directorial debut with the movie "Down in the Delta"
  • This author of "I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings" won the NAACP's Spingarn Medal in 1994
  • "The caged bird sings / With a fearful trill / Of things unknown / But longed for still"
  • "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"
  • Her poem "On the Pulse of Morning" ends, "And say simply very simply with hope good morning"
  • Now a famous poet, she played Ruby in the acclaimed European tour of "Porgy and Bess" in the mid-'50s
  • She's won 2 Grammys for albums of her poetry, "On the Pulse of Morning" & "Phenomenal Woman"
  • For President Clinton's 1st inauguration, she wrote & recited the poem "On The Pulse Of Morning"
  • She's the "Caged" poet seen here
  • This poet & author called the first volume of her autobiography "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"
  • This famous poet seen here was San Francisco's first female streetcar conductor
  • "I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings" is a 1970 autobiography by this African-American poet
  • This poet called her 1976 memoir "Singin' And Swingin' And Gettin' Merry Like Christmas"
  • In 1994 the NAACP awarded this poetess its Spingarn Medal for highest achievement by a black American
  • She's the author & poet heard here reading from her memoir "A Song Flung Up to Heaven"The times were so solemn, and the daily news so somber that we snatched mirth from unlikely places.
  • This African-American poet earned a 1973 Tony nomination for her Broadway acting debut in "Look Away"
  • Her website calls her a Renaissance woman, poet, historian, author, actress & playwright
  • This poet was the first black--& the first female--streetcar conductor in San Francisco
  • Born Marguerite Johnson, this poet won the medal in 1994
  • In 1993 she became the second poet to recite an original work at a presidential inauguration
  • The first nonfiction work selected, "The Heart of a Woman" is volume 4 of this poet's autobiography

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  • The First Lady Congratulated Her Mentees On Graduating High School By Sharing A Book By Her Own Mentor, Maya Angelou.
  • All great achievements require time. - Maya Angelou
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  • “Life is pure adventure, and the sooner we realize that, the quicker we will be able to treat life as art” - Maya Angelou.
  • Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it. - Maya Angelou
  • The First Lady congratulated her mentees on graduating high school by sharing a book by her own mentor, Maya Angelou.
  • "If you are always trying to be normal you will never know how amazing you can be."- Maya Angelou #Quotes
  • Give... Love...make some one smile...As Maya Angelou put it, "Be a rainbow in someone else's cloud."
  • "Ask for what you want and be prepared to get it!" ~ Maya Angelou
  • “Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.” - Maya Angelou
  • “When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.” ― Maya Angelou #niteworld
  • “I've learned that making a ‘living’ is not the same thing as ‘making’ a life.” - Maya Angelou
  • If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. -Dr. Maya Angelou
  • A woman's heart should be so hidden in God that a man has to seek Him just to find her. - Maya Angelou
  • “Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.” ~ Maya Angelou
  • "People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” ~ Maya Angelou
  • There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you. - Maya Angelou
  • “I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better.” ― Maya Angelou
  • Achievement brings it own anticlimax." ~ Maya Angelou #socialmedia #business" RT @DivaBusiness
  • RT @MyInspireDaily: If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded. -Maya Angelou
  • RT @hirojesus: There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you. Maya Angelou
  • Maya Angelou wisdom.
  • Be couraageous, but not foolhardy -- > Maya Angelou’s Beautiful Letter to Her Younger Self | via @brainpicker
  • RT @cratss: This is my motto: “@GetCraftedNOW: You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have. – Maya Angelou”
  • Achievement brings it own anticlimax." ~ Maya Angelou #socialmedia #business
  • RT @TrustingQuotes: People will forget what U said, people will forget what U did, but people will never forget how U made them feel -Maya …
  • RT @tlifeadvisor: "I've learned that making a 'living' is not the same thing as 'making' a life." - Maya Angelou
  • I'm remembering Maya Angelou tonight.
  • "Be courageous, but not foolhardy." Maya Angelou’s Beautiful Letter to Her Younger Self
  • "People will forget what you said, People will forget what you did, But people will never forget How you made them feel." — Maya Angelou
  • RT @JustinWise: "You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have." – Maya Angelou
  • RT @BeInspowered: There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you. -Maya Angelou
  • I miss Maya Angelou. I never knew her, but her words have helped me through so much over the years. I wish I could have met her.
  • RT @ProfessorEA: in memoriam, dr. maya angelou.
  • When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.-Maya Angelou
  • "You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have." – Maya Angelou
  • Stepping onto a brand-new path is difficult, but not more difficult than remaining in a situation. - Maya Angelou
  • “When we give cheerfully and accept gratefully, everyone is blessed.”―Maya Angelou
  • #QuoteoftheWeek: Maya Angelou
  • "Never make someone a priority when all you are to them is an option." - Maya Angelou (via larmoyante)
  • When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time. - Maya Angelou #Quote
  • "I learned a long time ago the wisest thing I can do is be on my own side, be an advocate for myself and others like me". Maya Angelou
  • You can't use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have. (Maya Angelou) #creativity #quote #artist
  • Courage is the most important virtue, because without courage, you can't practice any other virtue consistently- Maya Angelou
  • RT @NovoFive: 3 #Leadership Lessons from Maya Angelou via @Inc