Impulse Of Morning Maya Angelou Analysis

Maya Angelou was born on April 4, 1928, in St. Louis, Missouri, and she was a writer and civil rights activist known for her 1969 memoir, I Know Why the Caged Bird. For Maya, her poem made literary history as the first nonfiction best-seller by an African-American woman. The poignant work also made Angelou an international star.In 1971, Angelou published the Pulitzer Prize-nominated poetry collection Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water Fore I Die. She later wrote the poem "On the Pulse of Morning"—one of her most famous works which she recited at President Bill Clinton's inauguration in 1993. Angelou received several honors throughout her career, including two NAACP Image Awards in the outstanding literary work (nonfiction) category, in 2005
She landed a role in a touring production of Porgy and Bess, later appearing in the off-Broadway production Calypso Heat Wave (1957) and releasing her first album, Miss Calypso (1957). A member of the Harlem Writers Guild and a civil rights activist, Angelou organized and starred in the musical revue Cabaret for Freedom as a benefit for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, also serving as the SCLC's Northern coordinator. Seeking new creative challenges, Angelou made her directorial debut in 1998 with Down in the Delta, starring Alfre Woodard. She also wrote some inspirational works, from the essay collection Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now (1994) to her advice for young women in Letter to My Daughter (2008). Since publishing Caged Bird, Angelou continued to break new ground not just artistically, but educationally and socially. She wrote the drama Georgia, Georgia in 1972—becoming the first African-American woman to have her screenplay produced and went on to earn a Tony Award nomination for her role in the play Look Away (1973) and an Emmy Award nomination for her work on the television miniseries Roots (1977), among other honors. Maya’s body of work represented a system social and racial institution of oppression, strength, resiliency and sassiness derived from her struggle as an African-American woman. In her poem still I Rise she speaks against the oppression that African Americans endured in the hands of their European counterparts. As well as, referencing her refusal to give in to the discrimination, terror, and hatred of that civilization and proudly proclaim she will continue to rise/fight back no matter what evil devices continue to come her way. Maya’s collection of poems, films, theatre and civil rights work represented the essence of what it meant to be an African American that broke down the barrier of harsh stereotypes provide by patriarch of European Americans