Maya Angelou was born in San Francisco, California in 1945, the son of the famous American poet, singer, novelist, memoirist, and civil rights activist.

Maya Angelou had her son Guy Johnson, born Clyde Johnson, at the age of seventeen (17), three weeks after graduating from high school. Angelou revealed in her autobiography, I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings, that she had fathered Guy Johnson after having sex with a man just to prove she was not a lesbian.

After Angelou safely gave birth to her son, Guy Johnson, she undertook many business ventures and held down several jobs just to support herself and her son. It was for this reason that they were always moving around the world.

Guy Johnson or Clyde Johnson worked as a bartender in Spain after graduating from the University of Ghana in Legon, also worked on oil rigs in Kuwait, also ran a photo safari service in the Sahara and also has twenty years of experience working with the government. from Oakland, California, worked together.

When writing Standing At The Scratch Line in 1998, Guy Johnson, who happens to be a first-time novelist, drew on his family history and based his protagonist, LeRoi “King” Tremain, on his late grandfather’s memories and stories about his family.

Guy Johnson also inherited from his mother, Maya Angleou, the kind of work and discipline that writing requires, and even after working as a city manager for so many years, Guy Johnson expressed his excitement about starting his career in an interview with Random House as a city manager. writer. In addition, he mentioned how much he enjoyed growing up around various artists and having a mother who encouraged reading and creativity.

Guy Johnson has been recognized and celebrated by many as one of the most remarkable writers or authors in the world. His works have been highly regarded and celebrated by many and have also been included in the anthology My Brother’s Keeper.

He has written other well-known books such as “Save The Stratford Canal!” (1993), “The Echoes of the Distant Summer” (2002), “On The Outside; Pathway In and Out Of Homelessness” (2008), “Remotely Funny” (2017), “You People Living State Out-Of-Care” (2011), “Evaluation of the Melbourne Street of Home Program” (2013), “In and Out of Homelessness; A Dynamics of the Relationship Between Structural Conditions and Individual Characteristics” (2015), “Who Stays, Who Goes and Why” (2018), among many famous books.

Guy Johnson was married to Stephanie Floyd-Johnson and had two sons, namely; Colin Ashanti Murphy-Johnson and Elliott Jones. Guy Johnson passed away on February 16, 2022 at the age of 77 and a statement was posted on his mother Maya Angelou’s official Facebook page. According to the statement shared on Facebook, Guy Johnson passed away peacefully at his home in Oakland, California on that fateful Wednesday.

Guy Johnson was reportedly involved in a car accident in his late 20s that damaged his spinal cord and left him temporarily paralyzed.

It was also reported that Guy Johnson had a very hostile relationship with his son Colin Ashanti Murphy-Johnson after using money from an intellectual property company (Caged Bird) to fund his extravagant lifestyle.

Guy Johnson even had to sue his own son Colin after allegations against him that he tried to price him out of a 75 percent stake in the intellectual property company he founded with him to house Guy’s mother , the works of Maya Angelou, to manage and honor a grandmother. for Colin.

However, it was unclear whether Colin managed to settle scores and make peace with his father before his death in February 2022.

Guy Johnson’s other son, Elliott Jones, is also a well-known philanthropist, community leader, ally, and founder of Ensure Progress. Jones originally grew up in Oakland, California, then moved to Queens, New York to enroll at St. John’s University, graduating in 2008.

After graduating, Jones worked for William “Bill” Lynch Jr., a renowned New York politician. Here he developed an interest in the complexity of politics and how politics affects people’s lives. In 2010, Jones worked in the Liberty City neighborhood, where he observed the community ravaged by gun violence that primarily ensnared children.

With their first attempt to raise awareness about this epidemic of gun violence, Jones and a group of brilliant artists wanted to make a statement and pay tribute to the victims, families and communities all affected by the tragedy. Their efforts resulted in the “You” painting featured above and helped revitalize Sherdavia Jenkins Piece Park.

Jones continues to fight for common-sense gun legislation and has partnered with Moms Demand Action on Gun Sense in America, Everytown for Gun Safety, and Mothers Fighting for Justice to speak at events, participate in activities and appear on panels to advance this important thing.

In 2019, Jones returned to Oakland, where he works as a community specialist for the world’s largest hotel company, Airbnb.