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MAYA ANGELOU NORTH SENIOR ACADEMY MAYA ANGELOU NORTH SENIOR ACADEMY MAYA ANGELOU NORTH SENIOR ACADEMY MAYA ANGELOU I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS • P R O L I F I C W R I T E R O F B O O K S , P L AY S , P O E T R Y, SPEECHES • AUTOBIOGRAPHIES • I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS (1969) • G A T H E R T O G E T H E R I N M Y N A M E ( 1 9 74 ) • SINGIN' AND SWINGIN' AND GETTIN' MERRY L I K E C H R I S T M A S ( 1 976 ) • THE HEART OF A WOMAN (1981) • AL L GOD'S C HI L DREN N EED TRAV EL I N G SHOES (1986) • A SON G F LUN G UP TO HEAV EN (2002) MAYA ANGELOU I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS • GENRE: AUTOBIOGRAPHY / AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL NOVEL • PUBLISHED: 1969 • N A R R AT I V E M O D E : A N G E L O U S P E A K S I N T H E FIRST PERSON • TIME: 1930S – 1950S • P L AC E : S TA M P S , A R K A N S A S ; S T. LO U I S , MISSOURI; OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA; SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA MAYA ANGELOU I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS • THEMES AND MOTIFS • R A C I S M A N D S E G R E G AT I O N • DISPLACEMENT • SURVIVORS • R E S I STA N C E TO R AC I S M • STRONG BLACK WOMEN • L O V E O F L I T E R AT U R E • NAMES AND NAMING MAYA ANGELOU I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS • QUOTE • IF GROWI NG UP IS PAINF UL FOR T H E S O U THERN B L AC K G I R L , B E I NG AWA R E O F HER DISPLACEMENT IS THE RUST ON THE R A Z O R T H AT T H R E AT E N S T H E T H R O AT . I T I S A N U N N E C E S S A R Y I N S U LT . MAYA ANGELOU I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS • QUOTE • I F B A I L E Y W A S TA L K I N G S O FA S T H E FORGOT TO STUTTER, HE FORGOT TO S C R AT C H H I S H E A D A N D C L E A N H I S FINGERNAILS WITH HIS TEETH. HE WAS A W A Y I N A M Y S T E R Y, L O C K E D I N T H E E N I G M A T H AT Y O U N G S O U T H E R N B L A C K B OY S S TA R T TO U N R AV E L , S TA R T TO T R Y TO U N R AV E L , F RO M S E V E N Y E A R S O L D TO D E AT H . T H E H U M O R L E S S P U Z Z L E O F I N E Q U A L I T Y A N D H AT E . MAYA ANGELOU I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS • QUOTE • T H E B L A C K F E M A L E I S A S S A U LT E D I N H E R TENDER YEARS BY ALL THOSE COMMON F O R C E S O F N AT U R E AT T H E S A M E T I M E T H AT SHE IS CAUGHT IN THE TRIPARTITE CROSSFIRE OF MASCULINE PREJUDICE, W H I T E I L L O G I C A L H AT E A N D B L A C K L A C K O F P O W E R . T H E FA C T T H AT T H E A D U LT AMERICAN NEGRO FEMALE EMERGES A FORMIDABLE CHARACTER IS OFTEN MET W I T H A M A Z E M E N T, D I S TA S T E A N D E V E N BELLIGERENCE. MAYA ANGELOU NORTH SENIOR ACADEMY MAYA ANGELOU NORTH SENIOR ACADEMY