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This memoir traces Maya Angelou's childhood in a small, rural community during the 1930s. Filled with images and recollections that point to the dignity and courage of black men and women, Angelou paints a sometimes disquieting, but always affecting picture of the people--and the times--that touched her life.
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In this book, Angelou details what brought her mother to send her away, and unearths the well of emotions she experienced long afterward as a result. For the first time, she reveals the triumphs and struggles of being the daughter of Vivian Baxter, an indomitable spirit whose petite size belied her larger-than-life presence, a presence absent during much of the author's early life. When her marriage began to crumble, Vivian famously sent three-year-old...
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Doubleday
Pub. Date
c2008
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191 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
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An illustrated profile of one of America's best-loved writers pays tribute to the life, career, and activism of Maya Angelou, providing a scrapbook of an extraordinary woman who is renowned as a poet, author, playwright, and humanitarian.
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Tavis Smiley recounts the story of his friendship with Maya Angelou. Tavis Smiley and Maya Angelou met in 1986, when he was twenty-one and she was fifty-eight. For the next twenty-eight years, Angelou was a teacher and a maternal figure to Smiley, and they talked often of art, politics, history, music, religion, and race. In My Journey with Maya, Smiley beautifully recounts a friendship filled with conversation that began when he, a recent college...
7) Maya Angelou
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Cherry Lake Publishing
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
24 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm.
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"The My Itty-Bitty Bio series are biographies for the earliest readers. This book examines the life of Maya Angelou in a simple, age-appropriate way that will help children develop word recognition and reading skills. Includes a timeline and other informative backmatter."--
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Random House Trade Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2009.
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336 pages ; 21 cm
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This fourth autobiographical work by Maya Angelou tells of her entry into New York's circle of black artists and writers, her involvement in the civil rights movement, and changes in her personal life.
11) Maya's song
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Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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"From bestselling, award-winning creators Renaee Watson and Bryan Collier comes a stunningly crafted picture book chronicling the life of poet and activist Maya Angelou"--
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PBS
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (114 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Born into poverty and a broken family, Maya Angelou's gift for poetry and storytelling propelled her to international renown as a leader in African-American culture and literature. Ultimately, her personal story and written words inspired and delighted millions from all races around the world. Witness a close-up portrait of a legendary figure in this first feature documentary about her life.
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Random House
Pub. Date
2014.
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112 pages ; cm
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"Since the publication of her first autobiography, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Maya Angelou has been celebrated as one of America's most important writers. A National Book Award winner and Pulitzer Prize nominee, she lent her signature voice to countless works of literature, her words indelibly imprinted on the hearts of millions. Inspired by the woman who has inspired us all, Rainbow in the Cloud offers more than 200 of Dr. Angelou's most pivotal...
14) Maya Angelou
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Offers an illustrated telling of the life of Maya Angelou that focuses on how she overcame childhood trauma and realized her dream and became one of the world's most beloved writers and speakers.
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Random House
Pub. Date
c2008
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xii, 166 p. ; 22 cm.
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Dedicated to the daughter she never had but sees all around her, Letter to My Daughter reveals Maya Angelou's path to living well and living a life with meaning. Whether she is recalling such lost friends as Coretta Scott King and Ossie Davis, extolling honesty, decrying vulgarity, explaining why becoming a Christian is a "lifelong endeavor," or simply singing the praises of a meal of red rice--Maya Angelou writes from the heart to millions of women...
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