and Paul Myrah 2 Laurence Dunbar. As a young African American child in Stamps, Arkansas, Angelou witnessed racial prejudice from a young age and this helped shape her as a person. Maya Angelou had a lot of different careers throughout her lifetime that influenced her works. She was an author, actress, screenwriter, dancer, poet, singer, songwriter, civil rights activist, professor, journalist, television producer, film producer, and much more. In 1940, her and her mother moved to San Francisco…
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