A young Maya Angelou is enchanted by a life-changing performance of Porgy and Bess. 4. As a young woman she worked as a pimp and a prostitute In her 1974 book, Gather Together In My Name ...
Angelou died on 28 May 2014 ... The book begins when the young Maya is sent to live with her grandparents in Arkansas in the wake of her parents’ separation: "a too big negro girl with nappy ...