Complex sentence: Vanzant was born in the back of a taxi in Brooklyn, New York on September 13,1953, as Rhonda Eva Harris to Sarah Jefferson, a railroad car maid and Horace Harris, a petty criminal, who was largely absent from her life.
Split into simpler sentences: Vanzant was born on September 13,1953, in the back of a taxi in Brooklyn, New York, as Rhonda Eva Harris. She is the daughter of Sarah Jefferson, a railroad car maid, and Horace Harris, a petty criminal, who was largely absent from her life.