She is an accomplished poet, artist, actress, director, teacher and journalist. She has read two inaugural poems and is a three-time Grammy Award winner. She suffered through trials and tribulations, but emerged as a strong, black woman. She is Maya Angelou and her impact on the world impact on the world today sets an example for every race and gender. Maya Angelou, born Marguerite Ann Johnson, was born on April 4, 1928. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, she was raised there for a short period of time, then moved to Stamps, Arkansas. In Arkansas she suffered racial discrimination, but remained true to her roots. During her childhood in Arkansas, she experienced a tragic event: at the age of seven she was raped by her mother's boyfriend. His uncles discovered the crime and killed the man. Maya felt responsible for his death and remained a mother for five years. During this period of silence, he discovers his love for literature. He read a variety of different authors such as Langston Hughes, W. E. B. Du Bois, Paul Lawrence Dunbar, William Shakespeare, and Edgar Allen Poe. When Maya was twelve, her teacher, Mrs. Flowers, whom she talked about in her autobiographies, brought her out of her shell. After graduating at the top of her eighth-grade class, she moved to San Francisco to attend George Washington High School. While in high school, Maya's love for dance and theater sparked and she began taking classes at the California Labor School. She graduated from high school at seventeen and also gave birth to her firstborn, Guy. She struggled to find work in myriad jobs, and also performed in clubs and theaters (she came out with an album thanks to her famous nightclub performances in 1957, called Miss Calypso). During the...half of the paper......the last woman, which was an important topic even in the postmodernist era. He addressed the theme of war in his poem, On the Pulse of the Morning, saying to lay down his weapons and also speaking on behalf of the nations and empires fallen due to greed and selfishness. Maya Angelou was also a strong believer in God, as demonstrated in all of her writings, which fall under the philosophical branch of the postmodernist era. Angelou has also written children's books, films, and plays along with her poetry and autobiographies. He had a great impact on the postmodernist and modern era with his poems and achievements, and he is a huge role model. Today, she is 85 years old and continues to make history by accepting the Presidential Freedom Award from the current president, Barack Obama, in 2013. Maya Angelou is a spirit this Earth will remember and appreciate long after she is gone..