Tag: Maya Angelou
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Desiree Sanders turned her love of books into Chicago’s first Black woman-owned bookstore—and even impressed Maya Angelou.
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At age 16, Maya Angelou made history as one of the first Black female streetcar conductors in San Francisco in the 1940s. Learn about her pioneering role in the city’s transit.
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