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In Memory of Maya Angelou April 4, 2017

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49d88b296835f6f1d715de7c02f902b5Marguerite Annie Johnson; April 4, 1928 – May 28, 2014)
An acclaimed American poet, storyteller, activist, and autobiographer, Maya Angelou was born Marguerite Johnson in St. Louis, Missouri. Angelou has had a broad 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 Jr. and Malcolm X.

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