One of the most banned books of all time - Mollie Godfrey
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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.
What did Angelou most likely mean when she wrote that “the Black female is caught in the tripartite crossfire of masculine prejudice, white illogical hate, and Black lack of power”?
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Meet The Creators
- Educator Mollie Godfrey
- Director Laura White
- Narrator Karen Marie
- Storyboard Artist Laura White
- Animator Laura White
- Compositor Laura White
- Art Director Laura White
- Composer Stephen LaRosa
- Sound Designer Stephen LaRosa
- Director of Production Gerta Xhelo
- Producer Anna Bechtol
- Associate Producer Abdallah Ewis
- Editorial Director Alex Rosenthal
- Editorial Producer Dan Kwartler
- Script Editor Iseult Gillespie
- Fact-Checker Charles Wallace