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Maya Angelo Notes

Born Marguerite Ann Johnson on April 4, 1928)[2] is an American autobiographer and poet. Having been called "America's most visible black female autobiographer" by scholar Joanne M. Braxton, she is best known for her series of six autobiographies, which focus on her childhood and early adulthood experiences.[3] The first, best-known, and most highly acclaimed, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969), focuses on the first seventeen years of her life, brought her international recognition, and was nominated for a National Book Award.

Quotes ;
-"I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel."
-“We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.”
-"While I know myself as a creation of God, I am also obligated to realize and remember that everyone else and everything else are also God's creation.”