IT’S ALL ABOUT MAYA ANGELO WHO HAD FACED MANY TROUBLES IN HER CHILDHOOD AND HER FAMILY WAS ALSO NOT STABLE AT TIMES. HOWEVER SHE LIFTED UP HERSELF OUT OF HER SITUATION AND FLOURISHED. SHE MOVED TO CALIFORNIA AND BECAME THE FIRST BLACK AND THE FIRST FEMALE AS A STREETCAR OPERATOR BEFORE FOLLOWING HER INTEREST IN DANCE. SHE BECAME A PROFESSIONAL PERFORMER IN HER TWENTIES AND TOURED THE UNITED STATES AND EUROPE AS AN OPERA STAR AND CALYPSO DANCER. BUT HER WRITING IS DEFINING THE TALENT SHE HAD, SOME OF HER POEMS AND BOOKS INCLUDE, I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS, STILL I RISE AND MANY OTHERS.
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