Maya Angelou was a writer born Marguerite Annie Johnson in St. Louis. Her memoir I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings told a childhood in her own voice, and later books, poems, and public readings carried that voice further. Photographs and film cover the decades. She died in 2014.
Fotografie
Njames0343 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Fotografie
Clinton Library · Public domain
Gând
A sample thought. The family would write here what they still say at the table.
Elena
Gând
A sample thought. A friend would say how the ordinary days were the ones that stayed.
Thomas
Poveste
What I was told
This is a sample story. A grandchild would write what they were told, and the one afternoon they remember for themselves.
Sofia
Lumânare
For the songs, and for Sunday.
Paul
Lumânare
A sample light for the name we still say.
Jon
Videoclipuri
A recording the family kept
A sample film for Maya Angelou. The family would put here a song or a piece of footage they still play.
Muzică
A song they loved
The family
Dar
Lumânare
A sample gift of light.
Helen
Dar
Carte
A sample card for Maya Angelou.
Mark
Dar
Floare
A sample flower, left on the page.
Iris
Cronologie
Born in St. Louis
Marguerite Annie Johnson was born in St. Louis, Missouri. She would publish as Maya Angelou.
Cronologie
A memoir of childhood
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings was published, a life story told by the person who lived it.
Cronologie
A poem at an inauguration
She read On the Pulse of Morning at the inauguration of President Bill Clinton.
Cronologie
Died
She died in 2014. The books remain the story field of the page.
Întâlnire
An evening of remembrance
A sample gathering for Maya Angelou. The family would write the time, the place, and who is welcome.
The family
1928
1969
1993
2014