Angelou

[ an-juh-loo ]

noun

1. Ma·ya [mah, -y, uh], Marguerite Johnson, 1928–2014, U.S. writer, playwright, and performer.

Angelou

/ ˈændʒəluː /

noun

1. AngelouMaya1928FUSWRITING: novelistWRITING: poetTHEATRE: dramatist Maya, real name Marguerite Johnson. born 1928, US Black novelist, poet, and dramatist. Her works include the autobiographical novel I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1970) and its sequels

Example Sentences

Angelou at Arleta: Erik Favela had a big game offensively and defensively last week for Arleta in eliminating defending Division III champion Jordan.

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Angelou has a talented running back in Nicholas Quintanilla.

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Harris spent many of her early days at the Rainbow Sign, a Black cultural center in Berkeley where singer Nina Simone performed when she was 7 years old, and where famous authors Maya Angelou and Alice Walker held book signings.

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When Edim, then 11, saw footage of Maya Angelou reading at Bill Clinton’s 1993 inauguration, it was a revelation.

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“And then imagine … the shock and thrill” of reading Angelou, “who led me back to the person I had once been.”

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