Olivia Brewer

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Annotated Bibliography

National History Day Annotated Bibliography

(1928- ). Web. 22 Feb.

"Angelou, Maya (1928- )." Angelou, Maya

2017.http://kingencyclopedia.stanford.edu/encyclopedia/encyclopedia/enc_angelou_maya

_1928/

This Stanford encyclopedia explained her work with Dr. King, her trip to Ghana and her

life there and her life after the Civil Rights Movement ended. It explained her cause of

moving to Ghana, her jobs and how she pursued writing there. Her writing is explained

and her life after, like becoming a professor and a role model for all women and African

Americans.

Asante, Molefi Kete. 100 Greatest African Americans: A Biographical Encyclopedia. Amherst,

NY: Prometheus, 2002. Print.

This book gave information on her early life as a child and teen and her achievements as

she was in that age. It told a brief story of her later years but mostly covered her early

years and her life then.

Igus, Toyomi. Book of Black Heroes: Great Women in the Struggle. Just Us. Print.

This book gave me facts about Mayas life and how she impacted others with her

actions. It taught me about her childhood and achievements later in life, like her poems

and autobiographies. This told me about her awards and other great achievements.

"MESSAGE FROM THE aged Bird Legacy. Web. 22 Feb.
FAMILY." C

2017.http://mayaangelou.com
 Mayas personal website gave me information on her writing like her autobiographies,

poems, books and achievements as an author.

"Maya Angelou." Poetry Foundation. Poetry Foundation. Web. 22 Feb.

2017.https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems-and-poets/poets/detail/maya-angelou

The website Poetry Foundation gave information on all aspects of her life, her childhood,

early adulthood, achievements, writing, and more details that helped me make my

project. They were concrete and interesting facts about her. It explains many ideas about

her life I did not get from other sources.

"Maya Angelou." Angelou, Maya | NCpedia. Web. 22 Feb.

2017.http://www.ncpedia.org/Biography/angelou-maya

This website gave information on her work with Malcolm X and how it came to be. It also

gave information on the Civil Rights and her work she did with Malcolm X and Martin

Luther King Jr.

aya Angelou | Black People Who Changed the World | History |

"Maya Angelou (born 1928)." M

Norfolk Black History Month. Web. 22 Feb.

2017.http://www.norfolkblackhistorymonth.org.uk/history/people/angelou.html

This gave information on Maya Angelou's writing and how it impacted the world,

especially African American Women. It discussed her overall life and her achievements as

an author.

"Maya Angelou Biography." Maya Angelou Biography - Life, Children, Parents, Name, Story,

Death, School, Mother, Young. Web. 22 Feb.

2017.http://www.notablebiographies.com/An-Ba/Angelou-Maya.html

This webiste gave a overall in depth description of her life. It gave information on all

aspects of her life to writing to her marriages. It gave all information on her life and
 everything that happened.

"Maya Angelou Timeline." Maya Angelou Timeline. Web. 22 Feb.

2017.http://www.datesandevents.org/people-timelines/19-maya-angelou-timeline.htm

This time line gave me dates so I could check my other information to make sure it

matched other resources and if it didn't I rechecked it so my information would be more

reliable. It gave me all important dates of her book releases and valuable facts about her

life.

"Maya Angelou Is Born." History.com. A&E Television Networks. Web. 22 Feb.

2017.http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/maya-angelou-is-born

History.com gave me basic facts about Angelous life like her birth date, her child and

books. It was an overview of her childhood and how that affected her positively and

negatively. It skimmed through deeper facts but it allowed me to check basic facts.

"Organization of Afro-American Unity (OAAU) 1965 | The Black Past: Remembered and

Reclaimed." Organization of Afro-American Unity (OAAU) 1965 | The Black Past:

Remembered and Reclaimed. Web. 22 Feb.

2017.http://www.blackpast.org/aah/organization-afro-american-unity-oaau-1965

The information I gathered from this website allowed to to research Maya Angelou, Dr.

King, and Malcolm X. It described her life as a child, adult and her place in the Civil RIghts

Movement. It gave information of Martin Luther KIng Jr and his work as a Civil RIghts

leader and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Also, information about

Malcolm X and his work was helpful because Maya was involved with his program,

Organization of Afro- American Unity

Williams, Andre N. "Angelou, Maya." World Book Advanced. World Book, 2017. Web. 27 Jan.

2017.
 World Book Advanced gave information about Mayas writing. It gave information about

the structure and style about how it was from African American storytelling. It explained what

Angelou was trying to weave into her writing which was humor, wisdom and old folk sayings.