Supporting Texts
- Fast
- Free
- Whispers in the Graveyard
- White Poppies
- Coram Boy
- Forty Short Plays
- Room 13
- Stepping Up
The Girl and the Snake
Goggle Eyes
The Diary of Anne Frank
Oliver Twist
A Christmas Carol
Burning Everest and Mariza's Story
Face: The Play
Little Soldier
An acclaimed American poet, storyteller, activist, and autobiographer, Maya Angelou was born Marguerite Johnson in St. Louis, Missouri. Angelou had a broad career as a singer, dancer, actress, composer, and Hollywood’s first female black director, but became most famous as a writer, editor, essayist, playwright, and poet. As a civil rights activist, Angelou worked for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X. She was also an educator and served as the Reynolds professor of American Studies at Wake Forest University.
Find her poetry here.