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Who was Maya Angelou?  Cover Image Book Book

Who was Maya Angelou? / by Ellen Labrecque ; illustrated by Dede Putra.

Labrecque, Ellen,: (author.). Putra, Dede (Illustrator),: (illustrator.).

Summary:

Born in Missouri in 1928, Maya Angelou had a difficult childhood. Jim Crow laws segregated blacks and whites in the South. Her family life was unstable at times. But much like her poem, "Still I Rise," Angelou was able to lift herself out of her situation and flourish. She moved to California and became the first black and first female streetcar operator before following her interest in dance. She became a professional performer in her twenties and toured the U.S. and Europe as an opera star and calypso dancer. But Angelou's writing became her defining talent. Her poems and books, including "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings," brought her international acclaim.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780448488530
  • ISBN: 0448488531
  • ISBN: 9781484469378
  • ISBN: 1484469372
  • ISBN: 9781518205552
  • ISBN: 1518205550
  • ISBN: 9780606383974
  • ISBN: 0606383972
  • Physical Description: 105 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm
  • Publisher: New York, New York : Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House, [2016]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (page 104).
Formatted Contents Note:
Who was Maya Angelou? -- Momma -- A child with no voice -- The California years -- A big break -- Becoming a writer -- Civil rights activist -- Home away from home -- Becoming a famous writer -- A hero to us all -- Timelines.
Subject: Angelou, Maya > Juvenile literature.
African American women authors > Biography > Juvenile literature.
African American women civil rights workers > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Authors, American > 20th century > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Genre: History
Juvenile works.
Biographies.
Nonfiction

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1001 . ‡aLabrecque, Ellen,: ‡eauthor.
24510. ‡aWho was Maya Angelou? / ‡cby Ellen Labrecque ; illustrated by Dede Putra.
24630. ‡aMaya Angelou
264 1. ‡aNew York, New York : ‡bGrosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House, ‡c[2016]
300 . ‡a105 pages : ‡billustrations, maps ; ‡c20 cm
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338 . ‡avolume ‡bnc ‡2rdacarrier
4901 . ‡aWho was
504 . ‡aIncludes bibliographical references (page 104).
5050 . ‡aWho was Maya Angelou? -- Momma -- A child with no voice -- The California years -- A big break -- Becoming a writer -- Civil rights activist -- Home away from home -- Becoming a famous writer -- A hero to us all -- Timelines.
520 . ‡aBorn in Missouri in 1928, Maya Angelou had a difficult childhood. Jim Crow laws segregated blacks and whites in the South. Her family life was unstable at times. But much like her poem, "Still I Rise," Angelou was able to lift herself out of her situation and flourish. She moved to California and became the first black and first female streetcar operator before following her interest in dance. She became a professional performer in her twenties and toured the U.S. and Europe as an opera star and calypso dancer. But Angelou's writing became her defining talent. Her poems and books, including "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings," brought her international acclaim.
60010. ‡aAngelou, Maya ‡vJuvenile literature.
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650 0. ‡aAfrican American women civil rights workers ‡vBiography ‡vJuvenile literature.
650 0. ‡aAuthors, American ‡y20th century ‡vBiography ‡vJuvenile literature.
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655 7. ‡aNonfiction
7001 . ‡aPutra, Dede ‡c(Illustrator),: ‡eillustrator.
830 0. ‡aWho was-- ?
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