Early Childhood
The town Maya Angelou and her brother were sent to live in when Maya was three years old.
What is Stamps, Arkansas?
What Maya Angelou was best known for.
What was her unique and pioneering autobiographical writing style?
Who was a teacher who introduced her to literature?
Maya Angelou's birthday
What is April 4th, 1928?
The condition Maya developed for nearly five years after being traumatized at age 7.
What is selective mutism (or not speaking)?
Maya Angelou's most famous autobiography and her claim to fame.
What is "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings?"
This demonstrated her independence and was one of the first instances of her defying racial and gender barriers.
What was becoming the first black female streetcar conductor?
Where the nickname "Maya" came from.
The themes that were prevalent in Maya Angelou's works
What were race, gender, and resilience?
This book garnered critical acclaim, a National Book Award nomination, and became a staple of American literature, resonating with readers worldwide and establishing her as a major literary voice.
What was I Know Why the Cage Bird Sings?
Three contributions Maya Angelou made to society other than her literary voice.
What are civil rights activist, first black woman screenwriter, and teacher?
What is George Washington High School and Mission High School?
Authors that Maya Angelou influenced
Who are Toni Morrison, Jesmyn Ward, Nikki Giovanni, and Amanda Gorman.
This act made Angelou the first poet to read at a presidential inauguration since Robert Frost in 1961 which brought her national and international recognition.
What is reciting a Poem at the Presidential Inauguration in 1993?
Maya Angelou's death cause
What is heart problems?
The woman who was Maya's support system and center of stability.
Who was Maya's grandmother Annie?
The structure that Angelou follows within her autobiographies.
What is: A traumatic crisis, Subsequent exile or journey, Personal epiphany and skill acquisition, and Triumphant return?
President Barack Obama awarded Maya Angelou this, the United States' highest civilian honor, in recognition of her profound contributions to literature and civil rights activism.
What was the Presidential Medal of Freedom?
Maya Angelou's real name
What is Marguerite Ann Johnson?