Maya Angelou was an American award-winning poet, author, playwright, historian, songwriter, singer, dancer, stage and screen producer, director, and civil rights activist. Within a span of 50 years, she published three books of essays, seven autobiographies, several books of poetry and was credited with the list of plays and television shows.
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