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Maya Angelou · 1969
An autobiographical memoir recounting Maya Angelou's childhood and youth in the American South, exploring themes of identity, trauma, resilience, and self-discovery through a lyrical, introspective voice.
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What this book knows
A Black girl's self forged from silence, scripture, and survival learns that language and defiance are the same act.
trauma-and-survival
I walked into rooms where people were laughing … silence would rush into the room from its hiding place because I had eaten up all the sounds.
KWCB-RC-062I knew he was a dreadful angel counting out my many sins.
KWCB-RC-061If one was dying, it had to be done in style if the dying took place in whitefolks' part of town.
KWCB-RC-129self-and-identity
Poor thing. No organs and couldn't even pronounce my name correctly.
KWCB-RC-077education-and-formation
Words mean more than what is set down on paper.
KWCB-RC-070The children in Stamps trembled visibly with anticipation … the whole young population had come down with graduation epidemic.
KWCB-RC-1176 published passages · book excerpt · research analysis
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