Remembering Maya Angelou.br Marguerite Annie Johnson was born on br April 4, 1928, and died on May 28, 2014.br Here are five br facts in honor br of the poet.br 1. Angelou was the second poet br in history to read a poem at a br presidential inauguration.br 2. She worked with both br Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X.br 3. She was named Wake Forest University's first Reynolds Professor of American Studies in 1982.br 4. Angelou was the br first Black woman to br conduct a streetcar br in San Francisco.br 5. Prior to becoming br a poet, she was in an br opera, ‘Porgy and Bess,’ br and a journalist.