While she was studying in Ghana she met with Malcolm X and from there on she helped him build his organization. When she came back from Ghana to the U.S, Malcolm X was assassinated and the organization she was helping him build faded away. Not only did she meet and helped Malcolm X, but she became the Northern Coordinator for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. ... There have been some critics that have labeled them as autobiographies. ... Angelou was known for her autobiographies and her well-written poems (http://mayaangelou.com/bio/ ). ...

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• Grade Level: High School

She has written an autobiography, and has been mentioned in and had countless books written about her. ... When compared to the leadership style of Malcolm X; who questioned the ideas of integration and racial equality, Rosa Park's ideas differ greatly. Malcolm X believed in black separatism, black pride, and black self-dependence. ...

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Throughout her life, Maya kept a journal of her life experiences and began taking those thoughts, writing a series of autobiographies. ... The fifth autobiography All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes, published in 1986 was dedicated to Julian Mayfield and Malcolm X. ...

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(King, 1994) Maya Angelou wrote her first autobiography I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, a memoir of her childhood and young adult period, in 1969, toward the end of the Civil Right Movement. ... She was proud to be introduced to entertainers, actors, singers and activists such as Malcolm X and Dr. ...

• Word Count: 962
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School