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Turning 75 this month, Maya Angelou has led many lives ... a pious woman who ran a general store in Stamps, Arkansas. Angelou lived most of her childhood with her grandmother, whom she called ...

Maya Angelou ... When Angelou gave birth to a son at 17, her mother delivered him Angelou’s mother, Vivian Baxter, was absent during much of her early childhood. But they grew closer as she ...

Maya Angelou’s breakthrough ... In the memoir, Angelou (born Marguerite Johnson) boldly told the heartbreaking truths of her childhood, including how she was raped at the age of 7 by her mother ...