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The YouTube video One Of The Most Banned Books Of All Time – Mollie Godfrey by the YouTube channel TED-Ed:
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Explore why Maya Angelou’s memoir “I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings” became one of the most frequently banned books of all time.
In 1998, a school district removed one of American literature’s most acclaimed works from its curriculum.
Parents pushing for the ban said the book was both “sexually explicit” and “anti-white.”
The book at the center of this debate was Maya Angelou’s “I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings.”
Why was the memoir so controversial?
Mollie Godfrey digs into one of the most banned books of all time.
Lesson by Mollie Godfrey, directed by Laura White.
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My Thoughts
I did not know this information, even worse, we did not have to read I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings back when I was in school.
We probably did not have to read any books by Maya Angelou, sadly, I probably have never read any of her books, yet.
The end,
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