That character becomes the first black female streetcar driver after she moves to San Francisco to escape the racist indignities of living in Stamps, Arkansas.
At one point in this book the protagonist's father arrives and takes her and her brother to St. Louis, where they are reunited with their mother. One sympathetic figure is Bertha Flowers, who gives the protagonist books and who later attends George Washington High School. That character becomes the first black female streetcar driver after she moves to San Francisco to escape the racist indignities of living in Stamps, Arkansas. For 10 points, name this autobiographical work by Maya Angelou.
At one point in this book the protagonist's father arrives and takes her and her brother to St. Louis, where they are reunited with their mother.
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings