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Angelou, Maya


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    • Johnson, Marguerite, 1928-2014
    • Johnson, Marguerite Ann
    • Johnson, Marguerite Annie
    • Make, Maya Angelou
    • אנג׳לו, מאיה

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              • Sources

                • found: Her I know why the caged bird sings, 1969.
                • found: Her Conversations with Maya Angelou, c1989:CIP galley (b. 4-4-28)
                • found: ALCS database, 7 Mar. 2005(Maya Angelou, born 1 Jan. 1928)
                • found: Empire:zine.com WWW site, 7 Mar. 2005:author spotlight (Maya Angelou, born 4 Apr. 1928 as Marguerite Johnson in St. Louis)
                • found: The Blacks, 1961DLC copy theater program (Maya Angelou Make)
                • found: Contemporary authors on Infotrac, Aug. 6, 2009(Maya Angelou; also known as: Marguerite Annie Johnson, Marguerite Johnson, Marguerite Ann Johnson; b. Marguerite Annie Johnson, Apr. 4, 1928, St. Louis, Mo.; author, poet, scriptwriter, playwright, performer, actress, and composer)
                • found: Washington post (online), viewed May 28, 2014(Maya Angelou; b. Marguerite Annie Johnson, Apr. 4, 1928, St. Louis; m. Tosh Angelos (div.); m. Paul du Feu, 1973 (div. 1981); d. May 28, Winston-Salem, N.C., aged 86)
                • found: New York times (online), viewed May 28, 2014(Maya Angelou; b. Marguerite Ann Johnson, Apr. 4, 1928, St. Louis; m. Tosh Angelos (div.); later romantically involved with Vusumzi L. Make; m. Paul du Feu (div.); d. Wednesday [May 28, 2014], Winston-Salem, N.C., aged 86); viewed May 29, 2014 (b. Marguerite Johnson)
                • found: African American National Biography, accessed via The Oxford African American Studies Center online database, July 17, 2014:(Angelou, Maya; born Marguerite Annie Johnson; autobiographer / memoirist, poet, civil rights activist, educator; born 04 April 1928 in St. Louis, Missouri, United States; joined the Harlem Writers Guild; moved to Ghana, worked for the University of Ghana and the African Review; returned to America to continue her career in the theater; helped Malcolm X and the Organization of African American Unity; the first woman and the only African American to read a poem at a presidential inauguration (President Bill Clinton, 1993); Reynolds Professor of American Studies at Wake Forest University; recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom; her other honors included a Pulitzer Prize nomination for her book of poetry, Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'fore I Diiie; a Tony Award nomination for her role in the 1973 play Look Away, and three Grammys for her spoken word albums; she served on two presidential committees, and was awarded the Spingarn Medal in 1994, the National Medal of Arts in 2000, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2011; Angelou was awarded over fifty honorary degrees)
                • found: Canadiana, April 23, 2020(access point: Angelou, Maya; American)

              • LC Classification

                • PS3551.N464

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                • [Machine-derived non-Latin script reference project.]
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                • 1980-05-15: new
                • 2023-01-29: revised

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