Marguerite St. Just

Maya Angelou once said “We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated” and this phrase speaks volume in comparison to Angelou’s life story. She was born Marguerite Ann Johnson on April 4th, 1928, in St. Louis, Missouri. The name Maya was given to her by her older brother, Bailey Jr. Maya Angelou is not only a sister, but also an inspirational role model, a mother, an author, a poet, a civil rights activist, and an actor. In 1969 Angelou’s world renowned book “I Know Why the Caged Bird

movement. In the 1970's, women started developing a theory which helped to explain their oppression pockets of resistance began to organize and challenge patriarchy. Maya Angelou, an American poet, at first grew up with the name Marguerite Annie Johnson. She was born in St. Louis, Missouri in 1928. She was respected as a spokesperson for black people and women, and her works have been considered a defense of Black culture. Her deep suffeing as being one of Black women is the reason of her success

inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1985. (Brennan). In the year of 1967 Simpson married his first wife Marguerite L. Whitley, he was nineteen at the time. Together they had Arnelle L. Simpson, Jason L. Simpson, and Aaren Lashone Simpson. In August 1979, five months after the couple divorced, Aaren drowned in the family 's swimming pool a month before her second birthday. (St. Petersburg Times). The beginning of the very famous and mysterious love story now begins to happen in the year 1977

Maya Angelou I love being an African American woman “We keep on keeping on, don’t we? I’m so grateful. I’m grateful to be party to this party. I’m grateful that you won’t forget me because I won’t forget you. I call on you all the time. I make myself available to you and you know this is so. You can call on me all of the time and I’m there. I always come when you call me. Isn’t it true? The most important thing, I think, is to be present—to be present all the time, all the time to be present

stood strong for her people and made a huge impact to the ones who followed her. She fought by her works from speaking in public events to writing poems. Her poem “And Still I Rise” does just what I explained by standing for her people (“Maya). Marguerite Annie Johnson was born on April 4, 1928. Maya was born in St. Louis, Missouri. She was an American Author, dancer, actress, poet, screenwriter, and a civil rights leader and activist. When Maya was 16, she gave birth to her son in 1944. She named

of victims who suffer child abuse. In the beginning of the novel, Marguerite,

able to get through life and be stronger than ever before. They’ve gone through many hardships in their lives to get to where they are now and have greatly succeeded with their dreams and aspirations. Maya Angelou was born as Marguerite Annie Johnson on April 4, 1928 in St. Louis, Missouri. She had a difficult childhood as her parents split up when she was very young. She and her older brother, Bailey, were sent to live with their father’s mother, Anne Henderson, in Stamps, Arkansas. As an African-American

Maya Angelou, named at birth, Marguerite Johnson was on April 4th, 1928, in St. Louis, Missouri. Her and her family moved from St. Louis to Stamps, Arkansas, where she was raised growing up. Maya Angelou was an American author, dancer, screenwriter, actress, poet and civil rights activist. Angelou gained a majority of her fame with the memoir she wrote in 1969, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. This memoir made literary history as being the first nonfiction best-seller by an African-American woman

The Life and Accomplishments of Maya Angelou Maya Angelou has inspired me in more ways than one, and I had to write about her. When Maya speaks people listen. She has this wisdom that only few have, especially when life wasn’t always great. She turned tragedy into triumph, and helped others in doing so. So, Maya has proven too many women, especially black women that you succeed, even if you have had a child in your teen years. She’s proof that with determination nothing is unattainable. I chose

then threatened and told not to tell an adult if she wants to save her brother’s life. This leads to a long period of time where she refuses to speak to anyone. She writes of this time, "There was an army of adults, whose motives and movements I just couldn't understand and who made no effort to understand mine" (Angelou 72). This may be one of the loneliest periods in Angelou's life, but in some ways, it made her stronger and more able to survive in the white's world, even though it was a terrible