I'm not going to write a full review, but I will say I recommend this book to everyone. It's book one in Maya Angelou's set of seven (I think?) autobiographies. She writes beautifully, and you can tell that she actually experienced these things because everything is so real, bursting through the page, and tinged with the emotions she felt then, as she was experiencing it, and now, looking back on the events. 
 Some chapters of this book were particularly moving - the high school graduation scene especially. 
 I don't want to say more because I don't think it's really my place to do so - Maya Angelou speaks for herself. Pick it up when you get a chance because she's got a lot of really interesting things to say.