Angelou, Maya.

I know why the caged bird sings. - London : Virago, 1984. - 281 p. ; 20 cm.

Originally published: New York: Random House, 1969. Author, Maya Angelou.

In this, the first volume of her autobiography, writer and poet Maya Angelou reflects on her childhood spent growing up in the American South of the 1930s. There she learned the power of the white townsfolk and suffered the trauma of rape.

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Angelou, Maya--Childhood and youth.


African American women authors--20th century--Biography.
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Southern States--Race relations.
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