I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings I know Why the Caged Bird Sings is a fascinating eye opener to the Jim Crow period in the New South. It has a greater impact than textbooks on what it was like to be African American at that time in history because it is a story of real experiences that appeals to the readers' emotions like no history textbook ever can. While Maya Angelou's story is unique …showed first 75 words of 1274 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1274 total…understanding of history and of ourselves is to learn through the past and through others experiences. I think it would not hurt for everyone to read this book. It is not always pleasant, to say the least, but it's real, and that's what matters. There are some places where the book is banned because of pornographic content, premarital sex, and the questioning of homosexuality, but these are all real issues and need to be discussed.