Bibliography

Sources for Biography: 

   Magill, Frank. World Biography. Chicago: Salem Press, 1999

   Serafin, Steven. The Continuum Encyclopedia of American Literature. New York: The Continuum Publishing Company, 1999

   Maya Angelou- The Academy of American Poetry. 1997-2002  http://www.poets.org/poets/poets.cfm?prmID=88

   Maya Angelou- Circle Associations. 10/1/99 http://www.math.buffalo.edu/~sww/angelou/angelou.html#contents
 

Sources for poems:

     Angelou, Maya. The Complete Collected Poems.  New York: Random House, 1994
 

Picture Credit: 

       Picture of Angelou on Bio
          Vernellia R. Randall, Vernellia Randall's Homepage- viewed 7 January 2003,                           

    http://www.academic.udayton.edu/vernelliarandall/poetry/StillIRise.htm
   

     Picture of Paradise
          Box Downloads, viewed 7 January 2003, http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=www.boxpcnet.com/Paradise.JPG&imgrefurl=http://www.boxpcnet.com/page_12.htm&h=600&w=800&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dparadise%26start%3D60%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26oe%3DUTF-8%26sa%3DN