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Summary: Author's memoir of growing up black in the 1930's and 1940's.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Audiobooks 1996
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 818 ANGAngelou, Maya.
Summary: Author's memoir of growing up black in the 1930's and 1940's.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2002
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4 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 818 ANGCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B ANGELOU ANGAngelou, Maya.
Summary: In a sixth memoir, the author and poet describes her return from Africa to the U.S., her work with the civil rights movement, and the writing of her first autobiographical work, "I know Why the Caged Bird Sings."
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 818.54 ANGAngelou, Maya.
Summary: In her first book of poetry since Why Don't You Sing? Maya Angelou, bestselling author of the classic autobiography I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings, writes with lyric, passionate intensity that reaches out to touch the heart and mind. This memorable collection of poems exhibits Maya Angelou's unique gift for capturing the triumph and pain of being black and every man and woman's struggle to be...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 1990
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811.54 ANGSummary: Following acclaimed poet and memoirist Maya Angelou on a visit to her childhood surroundings in Stamps, Arkansas, this Bill Moyers interview remains a classic of broadcast journalism and a valuable teaching tool for African-American studies. "I was terribly hurt in this town," Angelou tells Moyers, "and vastly loved." She recalls her rapturous discovery of Shakespeare (while savoring a favorite...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: Journey to Springfield to witness the adventures of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie from their humble and heartwarming beginnings in Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire and through all of the wild adventures of their first twenty seasons, featuring iconic episodes such as Marge vs. The Monorail; Bart the General; You Only Move Twice; and the legendary two-parter, Who Shot Mr. Burns?
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV SIMWatson, Renée
Summary: "This unforgettable picture book introduces young readers to the life and work of Maya Angelou, whose words have uplifted and inspired generations of readers. The author of the celebrated autobiography I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Maya was the first Black person and first woman to recite a poem at a presidential inauguration, and her influence echoes through culture and history. She was...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022