![]() Between 19, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings was ranked number three on the list. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings in miniature prison cell at the American Booksellers Association 1982 annual convention catalyzed the advent of Banned Books Week.”Īccording to New African magazine, “Efforts to ban Angelou’s book got it placed on the American Library Association’s list of the top banned books in the US. In fact, according to the American Library Association, so notorious was the banning of Angelou’s book that “the display of. As we celebrate Banned Books Week (September 27-October 3), I want to sing the praises of this marvelous book, so often kept from the teenagers who would benefit from hearing Angelou’s story. ![]() Little did I know that Angelou’s book, so compelling and so honest, would become one of the most frequently banned books in America. Though Angelou was black and I was white, I would ultimately discover that she and I shared more than a hometown. ![]() Louis (where Angelou was born in 1928), and I reveled in seeing my city brought to life. The book – the first in a seven-volume memoir – is set partly in my hometown of St. Maya Angelou’s first autobiography, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, was published in 1969, and I was reading it in 1984. Perched on a bluff overlooking the confluence of the Missouri River and the Mississippi River, I sat reading, immersed in a book that was brand new to me. ![]()
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