Publisher's Synopsis
The prolific American author, poet, civil rights activist and autobiographer Maya Angelou is the best known for her influencing words that threw light on the contemporary plights of human kind. Though she was the first black lady director in Hollywood, Maya Angelou preferred to be known as a 'teacher who writes'. Maya's association with Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X brought her to the civil rights movements. Maya Angelou had an impressive career as an educator and editor during her African days. Conferred the National Medal of Arts from President Bill Clinton in 2000, Maya Angelou was bestowed with Presidential Medal of Freedom, highest civilian honor in United States, in 2010 by President Barrack Obama. With the critically acclaimed first autobiography "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings," Angelou wrote another six books with her life experiences. Here in this book, "The Unknown Maya Angelou" we have made a comprehensive attempt to bring you the interesting and less known facts of this multi-talented exceptional personality...
