Amanda's+book+report+(March)

Name:Amanda Masucci Date: Reading Mr. Jacobson

=Biography of a Famous Woman=


 * Directions: Each section must be 1 paragraph!**

I chose to research Maya Angelou___, because__ I went to the library and I picked her out. Also thought that she looked interesting and decided to "check her out".

__This famous women was born__

Marguerite Annie Johnson was born on April 4th 1928 to mother Vivian Baxter Johnson, was a nurse, but now a card dealer. Her father Bailey Johnson Sr. was a hotel doorman. Her brother Bailey Johnson Jr. was one year older than Marguerite and decided that Marguerite was too long of a name. He stated calling her Mya sister, which became Maya. That is how Maya got born.

__Her early years were spent__ When Maya was three yeas old and Bailey was four their parents got a divorse. Their father sent them to live with "Momma Annie" ( grandmother ) in Stamps Arkansas. She lived in the back of The Store, owned by Momma Annie, and went to church ion Sunday. In 1935 their father came to The Store and drove Maya and Bailey to their mother. There she met her mother,Grandma Baxter, and her mother's boyfriend, Mr. Freemon. When Maya was eight and while Bailey and mother were away Mr. Freemon raped Maya. e threatened Maya that is he told anyone that he would kill Bailey. Maya told Bailey and Mr. Freemon was put on trial, Maya lied, but Mr. Freemon was sentenced to one year and one day in jail. Later, that same day Mr. Freemon was killed. Maya thought her voice killed Mr. Freemon and stopped talking to anyone but Bailey for five years. That is how Maya spent her childhood.

__Her later years were spent__

In her later years in 1945 Maya had graduated colledge and was expecting a baby, Maya named the boy Clyde and went to Stamps to visit Momma Annie there the evil Klu Klux Klan threatened to get her so she moved in with her dad. Their she met his girlfriend and they got in an argument and Maya and Clyde moved to San Francisco where Maya became a dancer at the purple onion and Clyde got a babysitter named Big Mary. Soon Maya got a call from Bailey that their mom was sick Maya left immedialty and left Clyde with Big Mary. When Maya returned she couldn't find Clyde, Big Mary had stolen him. She searched and got Clyde back and promised to never leave him again. Many adventures later Maya married athird time and moved to Egypt where she got divorsed, Clyde changed his name to Guy and May and him moved to Ghanna. Guy went to colledge and Maya went back to New York where she started writing. Soon after many years she had a great grandmother and in 2004 Maya read in Clinton inagural. Those were how her later years were spent.

__Her accomplishments include__ writing many poems and many adventures including haveing a kid at seventeen. She was also married hree times. I feel as if she was a hero because back then african americans were considered not to succeed. Also she read at an ignural celebration for Bill Clinton. Maya has had many adventuresd leading to acomplishments and those were just a few.