Maya Angelou · every age
What was Maya Angelou doing at 39?
Mute for five years as a child; the voice of a nation at 64
- c. 1967
Returned to New York at 39 to write
A friend, Jerry Purcell, paid her a stipend; she renewed her friendship with James Baldwin.
Source: en.wikipedia.org
Others at 39
Portrait: Photo: Clinton Library (1993), public domain, via Wikimedia Commons · source
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