Angelou, Maya.

Summary: This fourth autobiographical work by Maya Angelou tells of her entry into New York's circle of black artists and writers, her involvement in the civil rights movement, and changes in her personal life.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 1997

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Angelou, Maya.

Summary: The author describes her odyssey to Ghana in the 1960s, meant as a return to her African roots. Over a few years she transformed herself by learning to speak Fanti, dressing in Ghanian style and delving in politics. But after encountering racial prejudice and losing her son in a car crash, she returned to America.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 1986

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Angelou, Maya.

Summary: Following World War II, a black mother contemplates prostitution after unsuccessfully searching for a decent job and a reliable man.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 1974

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Angelou, Maya.

Summary: Author's memoir of growing up black in the 1930's and 1940's.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2002

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Angelou, 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."

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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2002

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Angelou, Maya.

Summary: Recounts Angelou's stay in Ghana, together with other Black Americans, and her discoveries and reflections concerning her ancestors, Africa, American society, and herself.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books 1991

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Angelou, Maya.

Summary: Dedicated to the daughter she never had but sees all around her, Letter to My Daughter reveals Maya Angelou's path to living well and living a life with meaning. Whether she is recalling such lost friends as Coretta Scott King and Ossie Davis, extolling honesty, decrying vulgarity, explaining why becoming a Christian is a "lifelong endeavor," or simply singing the praises of a meal of red...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2008

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Angelou, Maya.

Summary: The celebrated author shares the intimate story of her relationship with her mother, relating the events that prompted her mother to send young Angela to Arkansas to live with her grandmother and the complicated fallout that shaped their family life.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2013

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Angelou, Maya.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2002

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