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…not even know of the depression until the early 30’s Maya Angelou born April 4, 1928, was born in St. Louis, MO. She was born as Marguerite, but her older brother Bailey nick named her Maya, and it has stuck with her ever since. Her family move to California…

…a mile or two out of the central city (Guathier 174). The big explosion of growth and increased ridership came at the turn of the century. The cause of this explosion was the electric streetcars that were installed in many cities. Whichever direction the rail…

…by scholars, Maya Angelou's life is a collection of great achievements as well as personal tragedy. Maya Angelou was born on April 4, 1928 in Saint Louis, Missouri. She was born with the name Marguerite Johnson. The daughter of Bailey and Vivian Baxter Johnson, Ms…

…Nebraska to Wisconsin, to Lansing, Michigan. On September 28, 1931 Earl Little (Malcolm’s father) was run over and killed by a streetcar, believed to have been driven by a member of a white supremacist group. In 1939 Louise Little, Malcolm’s mother…

…. It takes government officials quite a while, but a state of plague is proclaimed. A doctor by the name of Dr. Bernard Rieux, who was recently separated from his wife due to another illness, has taken on the task of treating the plague. SUMMARY: PART 2…

…closest father head figure - Viola Cullinan - Maya’s first employer, a barren white woman; her husband has two children with a black mistress; Maya hates her because she changes her name just for her convenience - Joyce - seduces Bailey and breaks his heart…

…was one of the earliest to use this invention buy lighting up his house and bank with the new technology. By 1888 Edison formed the Edison General Electric Company. Another breakthrough invention was the electric streetcars. Replacing the slow moving horse…

…jobs in rapid growing American industrial businesses. In early 1900’s, a new form of transportation, the streetcar, increased faster rates of travel from rural areas to inner city and increased the flow of the crowded streets. These new streetcars replaced…

…convicted of the same crime, and erected a system of peonage that survived into the early twentieth century. In an 1878 case, the Supreme Court ruled that the states could not prohibit segregation on common carriers, such as railroads, streetcars or steamboats…

…was raped by her mother¹s boyfriend in St.Louis; this led to years of muteness for Maya, which she finally overcame through help from a caring neighbor, and a great love for literature. At age 16, Maya became the first black streetcar conductor in San Francisco…