On December 10 , 1948 , the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted and proclaimed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The Assembly then called upon all Member countries to publicize the text of the Declaration and to cause it to be disseminated , displayed , read and expounded principally in schools and other educational ...
All Rights Reserved. Maya Angelou was born as Marguerite Johnson on April 4th, 1928, in St. Louis, Missouri and raised in St. Louis and Stamps, Arkansas. Maya Angelou became one of the most renowned and influential voices of our time. With over 50 honorary doctorate degrees Dr. Maya Angelou became a celebrated poet, memoirist, educator, dramatist, producer, actress, historian, filmmaker, and civil rights activist.
Maya was accepted to the Labor school but never went because she got pregnant with her son at 16 (1940) and had her son a week after she graduated. Maya Angelou had her baby â¦ at the age of 14 and she did go to labor school. She later returned to high school after dropping out from Mission High School, but became pregnant in her senior year and graduated a few weeks before giving birth to her son, Guy.