The Effects of One Person Upon The World From an apprehensive child growing up in a small town in Arkansas, Maya Angelou has evolved into an influential, wise, and respected woman. She has overcome obstacles and has grown into one of the élite intellectual people of this country, and perhaps the world. Along her numerous struggles, various people have given her positive guidance and passed down their knowledge to her. Among these people was Mrs. …showed first 75 words of 768 total…

…showed last 75 words of 768 total…Maya to literature. Through this literature, Maya wrote about the times of racism and struggles of the black race. She wasn’t timid to describe the social discrimination and knew that others must learn of the disturbing past. It would be an understatement to say that Mrs. Flowers influenced Maya’s life; she indirectly transformed thousands of individual’s minds through teaching Maya the importance of words, literature, and the pride in the black race.