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100 1 $aLabrecque, Ellen,$eauthor.
245 10$aWho was Maya Angelou? /$cby Ellen Labrecque ; illustrated by Dede Putra.
260 $aNew York :$bGrosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House,$c[2016].
300 $a105 p. :$bill., maps ;$c20 cm.
490 1 $aWho was.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (page 104).
505 0 $aWho 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.
520 $aBorn in Missouri in 1928, Maya Angelou had a difficult childhood. Jim Crow laws segregated blacks and whites in the South. Her family life was unstable at times. But much like her poem, "Still I Rise," Angelou was able to lift herself out of her situation and flourish. She moved to California and became the first black and first female streetcar operator before following her interest in dance. She became a professional performer in her twenties and toured the U.S. and Europe as an opera star and calypso dancer. But Angelou's writing became her defining talent. Her poems and books, including "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings," brought her international acclaim.
600 10$aAngelou, Maya$vJuvenile literature.
600 17$aAngelou, Maya.
650 0$aAfrican American women authors$vBiography$vJuvenile literature.
650 0$aAfrican American women civil rights workers$vBiography$vJuvenile literature.
650 0$aAuthors, American$y20th century$vBiography$vJuvenile literature.
830 0$aWho was.