![]() ![]() “The first decade of the 20th century was not a great time to be born Black and poor and female in St. The subsequent feelings of abandonment stayed with Angelou for years, but their reunion, a decade later, began a story that has never before been told. In MOM & ME & MOM, Angelou details what brought her mother, Vivian Baxter Johnson, to send her and her older brother away when Vivian’s marriage began to crumble. But now, at last, the legendary author shares the deepest personal story of her life: the relationship with her mother.Īnyone who’s read I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings knows Angelou was raised by her paternal grandmother in Stamps, Arkansas. ![]() The story of Maya Angelou’s extraordinary life has been chronicled in her multiple bestselling autobiographies. ![]()
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