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Maya Angelou was born in Missouri but later moved to Arkansas to live with her grandmother after her parents divorced. Throughout her childhood she experienced racism, discrimination, and abuse. With all of the trauma she experienced, she herself decided to not speak for five years.

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Angelou attended San Francisco's Labor School where she studied drama and dance. Later, she dropped out when she was fourteen to follow her dream to become the first female cable car conductor. Eventually she decided to attend George Washington High School to continue her studies.

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Angelou was a poet, dancer, singer, activist, and a scholar. But she was most famous for her poem called "Why The Caged Bird sings" made in 1969. The poem was supposed to represent her life from 3 through age 16, in which she describes her unsettled and traumatic childhood and how she overcome it.

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Angelou finally regained her voice again after her teacher, Bertha Flowers, helped her through her struggles. Bertha Flowers also provided Angelou new books and gave her the motivation to read again. Her teacher inspired her to become a teacher herself and also followed Flowers steps by motivating other students.

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Angelou was active in the Civil Rights Movement and worked for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. She also served as a professor of American Studies at Wake Forest University for more than 30 years. She helped generations of students to become better thinkers, writers, and citizens. Angelou also wrote many poems about women and their rights.

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1.  "I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel"

2. "Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better"