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

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 Maya Angelou, beloved and bestselling author of I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS.

''A brilliant writer, a fierce friend and a truly phenomenal woman'' BARACK OBAMA

Anyone who''s read the classic, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, knows Maya Angelou was raised by her paternal grandmother in Stamps, Arkansas. In Mom and Me and Mom, Angelou details what brought her mother to send her away and unearths the well of emotions Angelou experienced long afterward as a result.

While Angelou''s first six autobiographies reveal about her out in the world, influencing and learning from statesmen and cultural icons, her final autobiography an

Mom and Me and Mom

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      Publisher Little, Brown Book Group
      Published 4 April 2024
      ISBN-13 9780349017129
      978-0349017129
      ISBN-10 0349017123
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      Biography Autobiography: writers

      Description

      Book Synopsis

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

      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 Maya Angelou, beloved and bestselling author of I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS.

      ''A brilliant writer, a fierce friend and a truly phenomenal woman'' BARACK OBAMA

      Anyone who''s read the classic, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, knows Maya Angelou was raised by her paternal grandmother in Stamps, Arkansas. In Mom and Me and Mom, Angelou details what brought her mother to send her away and unearths the well of emotions Angelou experienced long afterward as a result.

      While Angelou''s first six autobiographies reveal about her out in the world, influencing and learning from statesmen and cultural icons, her final autobiography an

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