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Author Labrecque, Ellen, author.

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

Publication Info. New York, New York : Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House, [2016]
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 Pittsburg 1st Fl Juvenile Biography  J BIO Angelou    ---  Available
Description 105 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm.
text txt rdacontent
unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Series Who was
Who was-- ?
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page 104).
Contents 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.
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.
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.
Angelou, Maya. (OCoLC)fst00008211
African American women authors. (OCoLC)fst00799477
African American women civil rights workers. (OCoLC)fst00799481
Authors, American. (OCoLC)fst00821764
Chronological Term 1900 - 1999
Genre/Form Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
Added Author Putra, Dede, illustrator.
ISBN 9781484469378
1484469372

 
    
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