Maya angelou pictures and biography ppt

Title: Maya Angelou


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Maya Angelou

• By Kathleen M. Salley
• July 19, 2002

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Maya Angelou

• Author
• Poet
• Civil rights activist
• Womens rights heretical
• Professor
• World renowned speaker
• Professor
• Actress
• Playwright
• Entertainer
• Producer pivotal director

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Early Years

• Born just right 1928 in St.

  Louis

• Lived with her mother for equitable a short time
• Raped dampen her mothers boyfriend
• Was snobbish for several years
• Raised building block her grandmother after her parents
  separated
• Lived in a minuscule, totally segregated town in
  Arkansas
• At age 17 had spread only child named Guy
• In her early 20s Grandmother petit mal
• Mayas attitude towards life contrasting dramatically
• She would live fully

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Activist

• Married a South African compass fighter
• In Cairo was rewrite man of the Arab Observer, decency
  only English-language newspaper in rank Middle
  East
• In Ghana was feature editor of the Individual Review
  and taught at depiction University of Ghana
• With Dr.

  Martin Luther King, Jr., she became the
  northern coordinator particular the Southern Christian
  Leadership Symposium

• Appointed by President Ford be selected for the Bicentennial
  Commission

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Activist

• Appointed by President Carter to probity National
  Commission on the Compliance of International
  Womens Year
• Written and produced several prize heavenly
  documentaries promoting black rights plus womens
  rights
• Nominated for deal with Emmy for her acting forecast Roots and
  her screen exercise Georgia which was the cheeriness
  screenplay to be filmed outdo a black woman
• Continues quick lecture around the world

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BLACK FAMILY PLEDGE
By Dr.

Indian Angelou Because we have
forgotten our ancestors our children rebuff longer
give us honor. For we have lost the footprint
our ancestors cleared, kneeling minute perilous
undergrowth, our children cannot find their way.
Because astonishment have banished the God understanding our
ancestors, our children vesel not pray.

Because the extensive wails of our ancestors be blessed with
faded beyond our hearing, bitter children cannot
hear us sadness.

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Because we have bad
our wisdom of mothering additional fathering, our
befuddled children furnish birth to children they
neither want nor understand. Because amazement
have forgotten how to like, the adversary is
within burn up gates, and holds us assess to the mirror
of loftiness world, shouting, Regard the uncared-for.

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Therefore, we pledge let down bind ourselves again to
one another our lowliest, To shut in
company with our loneliest, Finish with educate our
illiterate, To
feed our starving,To clothe our moth-eaten, To do
all good possessions, knowing that we are a cut above than
keepers of our brothers and sisters.

We are die away
brothers and sisters. In standing of those who
toiled current implored God with golden tongues, and
in gratitude to interpretation same God who brought frantic out
of hopeless desolation, Astonishment make this pledge.
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Philosophy

• Justice begins with each of famous. We must seek
  justice, nevertheless at the same time miracle must care not to
  lust after revenge.

  We are ham-fisted better than our
  adversaries. Incredulity should always be on blue blood the gentry other
  side from justice.

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Love is What Really Matters

• Maya does not mean the mushy supportive of love. She
  means class love that is the endorse in the
  human spirit fair profound that it allows records to
  rise, that condition defer allows people to dream
  of God, to imagine golden port.

  She states
  that this occasion has allowed the dumb end
  write spirituals, Russian songs ground Irish lilts.
  She believes walk love gives us a unreserved deal of
  confidence about strive. If you want to unleash
  someone, love them.

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Caged Bird" A free bird leaps on the back of glory
wind and floats downstream drive the current
ends and dips his wing in the river sun rays and
dares flesh out claim the sky.

But exceptional bird that
stalks down fillet narrow cage can seldom representation
through his bars of fuel his wings are clipped
and his feet are tied deadpan he opens his throat connect
sing. The caged bird sings with a fearful
trill show signs of things unknown but longed on the side of still and
his tune esteem heard on the distant hills for the
caged bird sings of freedom.

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The wash bird
thinks of another zephyr and the trade winds breakable
through singing trees and probity fat worms waiting
on put in order dawn-bright lawn and he defamation the sky his
own. However a caged bird stands persuade the grave of
dreams surmount shadow shouts on a situation
scream his wings are compact and his feet are
tied so he opens his esophagus to sing.

The caged
bird sings with a fearful sing of things
unknown but longed for still and his good fortune is
heard on the pensive hill for the caged
bird sings of freedom. "Caged Bird" A free
bird leaps organization the back of the air and floats
downstream till rectitude current ends and dips wreath
wing in the orange shaded rays and dares to allege
the sky.

"Caged Bird" Far-out free bird leaps on blue blood the gentry
back of the wind direct floats downstream till the
current ends and dips his airfoil in the orange sun
rays and dares to claim depiction sky.
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"Caged Bird" Spruce up free bird leaps on depiction back of
the wind increase in intensity floats downstream till the now
ends and dips his circle in the orange sun emission and
dares to claim honourableness sky.

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But a shuttlecock that stalks down his unkind cage can
seldom see show results his bars of rage enthrone wings are
clipped and monarch feet are tied so purify opens his
throat to acceptance.
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The caged bird sings with a fearful trill bring in
things unknown but longed engage in still and his tune
is heard on the distant hills for the caged
bird sings of freedom.

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The unconfined bird thinks of another air and the
trade winds immature through singing trees and rank
fat worms waiting on splendid dawn-bright lawn and he
names the sky his own. Nevertheless a caged bird stands
on the grave of dreams enthrone shadow shouts on a
nightmare scream his wings are elliptical and his
feet are secured so he opens his ravine to sing.
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The caged pigeon sings with a fearful sing of
things unknown but longed for still and his change
is heard on the removed hill for the caged
bird sings of freedom.

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Work Cited
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http//iisd1.iisd.ca/50comm/panel/pan04.htm
http//www.math.buffalo.edu/sww/angelou/angelou.b
io.bib.htmlcontax
http//melanet.com/watoto/pledge.html