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Banned & Challenged Books

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Maya Angelou | 1969

Challenge reasons: Sexual content, rape, LGBTQ content, anti-white sentiment

In response to her books being banned, Angelou once said, “Many times I’ve been called the most banned. And many times my books are banned by people who never read two sentences.”