Because she gives women all over the world courage and especially african american women
Maya Angelou is a popular American memoirist and also a poet. She has been titled as the America's most visible female autobiographer. She was born in the year 1928 in Saint Louis, Missouri. She is not only a poet but also a film and Television producer, playwright, film director, actress and an author.
Her best known contributions to literature are her series of six autobiographies. The best known of which is titled as I know Why the Caged bird sings. She was also an active member of the civil rights movement., She served as the Northern coordinator of Dr. Martin Luther King. In fact it was his assassination that motivated her to write her first autobiography.
She has taught at the Wake Forest University since 1991. Her services are of immense importance to the whole American nation especially the African Americans.
Maya Angelou is a well known American poet, Actress and memoirist. She has influenced the society through her involvement in the American Civil Rights Movement. She has also influenced the society through her poems and has won several awards for it. Find out more about her contributions at the link below:
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She wrote many great stories and poems. She was also a actress!She influenced people to write poetry and not to discriminate!She was involved in the Civil Rights Movement!
I think that maya angelou is important because she has inspired young black african americans to become poets .
Because she wanted human wrights and because she was a good writer.
Because she was a good person and wanted to make something out of herself