GALLERY 2 MADISON

MY DRUM SPEAKS THE VOICE OF

MAYA ANGELOU

MADISON

MY DRUM SPEAKS THE VOICE OF MAYA ANGELOU

Born Marguerite Annie Johnson in 1928, Maya Angelou was an African American poet, writer, memoirist, and civil rights activist. She is best known for one of her 7 autobiographies called, I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings. Maya was also an actor, journalist, director, and producer of plays, movies, and public television programs. In 1993 she recited one of her poems at President Clinton's inauguration. She passed away in 2014 at the age of 86.

QUOTES BY MAYA ANGELOU

1) We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.

2) Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud.

3) I am grateful to be a woman. I must have done something great in another life.

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