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Before Maya Angelou published her debut novel, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, she worked as a coordinator for the New York office of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Angelou used her experience as an actress to organize “Cabaret for Freedom”, a revue to raise funds for the SCLC. The revue ran successfully and attracted many black celebrities on its first night including Lorraine Hansberry and Sidney Poitier.
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