Caged Bird Sings Challenges

One of many challenged books is “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,” by Maya Angelou. This book was published back in 1969. While it has gained popularity over the past few decades, when it was originally published, a numerous amount of people were not satisfied with it, and it made people unhappy. It tells the true story of Ms. Angelou’s life, and the reader learns that she did not have an easy life by any means. She faced many challenges, and openly shared them in her book. Due to her openness, her book was challenged by members of society who claimed that the language she used and the scenes she wrote about were too dark and inappropriate for audiences. In this book Maya Angelou talks about her life as an African American girl, whose parents