Maya Angelou

Marguerite Ann Johnson

  • American


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Timeline

Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
1928/04/04 Vivian Baxter Johnson, a nurse, card dealer and the wife of Bailey Johnson, gives birth to a daughter, Marguerite Annie Johnson, in St Louis, Missouri. Born
1940/00/00 Marguerite Johnson graduates with honors from Lafayette County Training School in Arkansas. Education Lafayette County Training School Stamps
1944/00/00 After having been denied the chance to apply for a job with the Market Street Railway, Maya Angelou mother encourages her "Go get it". Two weeks later, Maya Angelou is hired as San Francisco's first Black female streetcar conductor. Work San Francisco Cable Cars San Francisco
1970/00/00 I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings - published Author I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
2007/10/05 Maya Angelou, Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Congressman Jerrold Nadler lead the African Burial Ground Memorial's Dedication Ceremony. Speaker African Burying Ground National Monument New York City Ancestral Return to the African Burying Ground
2014/05/28 Maya Angelou dies at her home in Winston-Salem, North Carolina Died

1 Creative Work by Maya Angelou »

Title Type Association Y/M/D Moniker
Title Type Association Y/M/D Moniker
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Author Biography 1970/00/00
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