Who Was Maya Angelou? (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition)
By Ellen Labrecque.
Description
FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. 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'...
ISBN(s)
0606383972, 9780606383974
