Life of Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou was born on April 4, 1928 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. She is an African America poet, actress and an important figure in the American Civil Rights Movement. She is best known for her book "I know why the caged bird sings." In 1993, Maya Angelou read her poem "On the pulse of Morning" for Bill Clinton's Presidential inauguration.
Maya Angelou had a tough childhood. Her father, Bailey Johnson and her mother was Vivian Baxter. She has one brother named Bailey. At the age of three, their parents divorced and they were sent to live with their grandmother. …