Legendary American poet and author Maya Angelou, whose autobiographical works often centered on racism and civil rights, has died at age 86. The renowned writer became a literary sensation with ...

She would take the stage name Maya Angelou as an adult. AGE: 86. Born on April 4, 1928, in St. Louis, Missouri. She would spend some of her childhood in Stamps, Arkansas.

Born Marguerite Johnson, Maya Angelou didn’t have an easy childhood. She was sexually abused at the age of eight and because of the incident, became a mute for almost five years.

Maya Angelou was born Marguerite Johnson in 1928 in St. Louis. ... As an adult, Angelou worked with Martin Luther King Jr. as a coordinator for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.

Maya Angelou's life, times ›› Birth name: Marguerite Johnson. She would take the stage name Maya Angelou as an adult. ››Age: 86. Born on April 4, 1928, in St. Louis.

Maya Angelou’s books are more than autobiographies—they are living histories that connect past struggles to present realities. Reading them in 2025 is not just an academic exercise but a vital ...

Maya Angelou Dead at 86. ... Her very name as an adult was a reinvention. Angelou was born Marguerite Johnson in St. Louis and raised in Stamps, Ark., and San Francisco, ...

Maya Angelou's path was not always pretty or polite, but it always affirmed that Black Girls Rock and Black Women Matter. Girlhood has never been a shield against the brutality of white supremacy.