In MOM & ME & MOM, Angelou details what brought her mother to send her away and unearths the well of emotions Angelou experienced long afterward as a result. 9781844089154 Mom and Me and Mom 28.2000 NZD InStock /shop/books /shop/books/non-fiction/biography-memoir /shop/books/non-fiction 'In the first decade of the twentiety century, it was not a good time to be born black, or woman, in America.'Īnyone who's read the classic, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, knows Maya Angelou was raised by her paternal grandmother in Stamps, Arkansas. While Angelou's six autobiographies tell of her out in the world, influencing and learning from statesmen and cultural icons, MOM & ME & MOM shares the intimate, emotional story about her own family. 'In the first decade of the twentiety century, it was not a good time to be born black, or woman, in America.'Īnyone who's read the classic, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, knows Maya Angelou was raised by her paternal grandmother in Stamps, Arkansas. So begins this stunning portrait of Vivian Baxter Johnson: the first black woman officer in the Merchant Marines, purveyor of a gambling business and rooming house, and mother to one of our most cherished literary treasures.Īnyone who's read the classic, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, knows Maya Angelou was raised by her paternal grandmother in Stamps, Arka.

'In the first decade of the twentiety century, it was not a good time to be born black, or woman, in America.'

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