Awaking in New York
Maya Angelou, “Awaking in New York” from Shaker, Why Don’t You Sing? Copyright © 1983 by Maya Angelou. Used by permission of Random House, Inc.
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Poet Maya Angelou b. 1928
Subjects Cities & Urban Life, Social Commentaries
Biography
An acclaimed American poet and autobiographer, Maya Angelou was born Marguerite Johnson in St. Louis, Missouri. Angelou has had a varied career as a singer, dancer, actress, composer, and Hollywood's first female black director, but is most famous as a writer, editor, essayist, playwright, and poet. As a civil rights activist, Angelou worked for Dr. Martin Luther King and Malcom X. She has also been an educator and is currently . . .
Poems by Maya Angelou
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SUBJECT Cities & Urban Life, Social Commentaries
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