Her early experience was bumpy and unfortunate. At the age of 3, my parents divorced. When she was seven, she was raped. 16 years old, born out of wedlock. Her grandmother grew up in stamps, Arkansas. There is a policy of apartheid. She always dreams of waking up and becoming a white girl. She used to sing in nightclubs for a living and was divorced several times. In the harsh living environment, she persisted in studying and obtained a doctorate.
She is versatile and now has a high reputation. She is a bestseller and has published 10 bestsellers. She is a famous American actress, director, producer and film playwright, and also the first batch of black female directors in Hollywood. She is a social activist who was appointed by American civil rights leader Martin Luther King, President Gerald Rudolph Ford and President Jamie Carter. 1993, at the invitation of President Bill Clinton, she recited a poem "On the Pulse of the Morning" at the inauguration ceremony, becoming the official poet after Robert Frost in American history. She can speak French, Spanish, Italian, Arabic and Fantine in West Africa. She has taught in many universities and is now a tenured professor at Wake Forest University in North Carolina.
Her creation is inseparable from life, with a strong autobiographical color. I know why caged birds sing (1970) is an autobiographical novel, which describes her childhood and girlhood. The title is taken from paul laurence dunbar's short poem Sympathy. Her autobiography and poems have aroused widespread concern among African-Americans. She herself has become a symbol of black women who constantly strive for self-improvement in the racial prejudice and hatred of white people.
"I Still Rise" is Maya Angelou's masterpiece of poetry, and it is also another immortal work of African Americans fighting for civil rights after Martin Luther King's speech "I Have a Dream" (1963).