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Who is Guy Johnson from The Heart of a Woman and what is their importance? The_Heart_of_a_Woman English & Literature Guy Johnson | The Heart of a Woman

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Guy Johnson is Maya Angelou's son and perhaps her greatest inspiration. As a single mother, Angelou raised Guy the best way she could, often saying that she sought to raise "a black boy to live in a white society." Guy was raised in various locations around the world, including California, New York, Africa, and Egypt.

Like his mother, Guy is devoted to civil rights and to chronicling the forgotten and distorted truth in black history.